{"id":117680,"date":"2021-04-07T15:16:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T07:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=117680"},"modified":"2021-04-07T15:16:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T07:16:18","slug":"covid-19-spain-plans-to-fully-vaccinate-53-per-cent-of-population-by-late-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=117680","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Spain plans to fully vaccinate 53 per cent of population by late July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A police officer receives his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Madrid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

MADRID, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain is accelerating its COVID-19 vaccination rollout and will have fully inoculated 25 million people by late July, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said, also confirming the end-August target of giving 70 per cent\u00a0of all Spaniards their shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The pace of vaccination will accelerate in April and then each month we will improve the vaccination pace from the previous month,” Sanchez told a news conference, attributing a slow start of the campaign to delivery delays by vaccine maker AstraZeneca across the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The July target covers 53 per cent of Spain’s 47 million-strong population, or 64 per cent of all adults, and is largely in line with the EU’s July goal of inoculating 70 per cent of its adult population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanchez said the number of those fully vaccinated will surpass the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases, which on Monday stood at 3.3 million, by next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government’s aim is not to extend a state of emergency, which expires on May 9 after being in force for six months, if the numbers allow, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infections have been rising steadily for around three weeks but remain far below levels seen elsewhere in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spain will receive 87 million vaccine doses between April and September, Sanchez said, with second-quarter delivery volumes expected to exceed the January-March level by 3.5 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data released on Monday showed around 5.7 million people had received at least one shot, while 2.8 million had received a full course of two doses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separately, the Madrid regional government said on Tuesday it had met with representatives of the maker of Russia’s Sputnik V shot to “explore ways of accelerating its vaccination campaign”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Medicines Agency has yet to grant its approval to Sputnik V, and Sanchez reiterated Spain would only use EMA-backed shots. — NNN-AGENCIES
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