COlVID-19 vaccine
Spains Health Minister Salvador Illa on Tuesday explained the governments plans to vaccinate the population against COVID-19 in 2021.
Speaking at a press conference after the cabinet approved the plan, Illa said the vaccination would be completed in three stages.
During the first stage between January and March, around 2.5 million people would receive the vaccine, starting with the elderly people and residential care workers, followed by other health workers and dependent people.
The minister said that during this period, the supply of vaccines would be very limited, but supply would increase progressively in the second stage between March and June, with a significant increase foreseen for the third stage.
The governments vaccination strategy divides the population into 18 groups.
People would be vaccinated progressively and in strict order. Illa did not elaborate, saying only that details will be announced in a timely manner.
Spain will have enough doses to vaccine around 80 million people even though the countrys total population is just below 47 million.
Madrid has concluded agreements on the purchase of vaccines from AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Johnson