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Spain’s capital Madrid starts self appointment vaccinations for the over sixteens

By Ron Howells • Published: 13 Jul 2021 • 8:44

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The Community of Madrid has extended it’s self appointment vaccination campaign to the over sixteens. 

The Ministry of Health believes that by doing it this way it will ensure that the entire target population that has not started the immunisation process can choose the day and time to be vaccinated anywhere among the 44 points available through the region.

The first appointments will be given today, Tuesday, July 13, as detailed last Friday by the Deputy Minister of Health Assistance and Public Health, Antonio Zapatero, and the general director of Public Health, Elena Andradas, during a press conference to analyse the epidemiological and healthcare situation of the Community of Madrid.

Over the last few days, Madrid has doubled its cases, while a large part of the aforementioned target population is still at the expense of reaching the complete vaccination regime, which is fundamental to face the Delta variant.

Spain’s two-week COVID-19 contagion rate kept rising on Monday, reaching 368 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, officials said, more than tripling in two weeks as infections have soared especially among young people.

Health emergency chief Fernando Simon said the pace of increase had reduced in recent days as officials believe the latest wave is nearing its peak. He praised new restrictions announced in the hard-hit Mediterranean regions of Catalonia and Valencia.

“We are still in a situation where we have to reduce risks,” he told a media briefing, deeming “really dramatic” the situation in Catalonia, which last week had Spain’s highest incidence with 725 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Simon said the infection hike in Catalonia could be attributed to the increasing arrival of domestic and foreign tourists amid the spread of the more contagious Delta variant.

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Ron actually started his working career as an Ophthalmic Technician- things changed when, during a band rehearsal, his amplifier blew up and he couldn’t get it fixed so he took a course at Birmingham University and ended up doing a degree course. He built up a chain of electronics stores and sold them as a franchise over 35 years ago. After five years touring the world Ron decided to move to Spain with his wife and son, a place they had visited over the years, and only bought the villa they live in because it has a guitar-shaped swimming pool!. Playing the guitar since the age of 7, he can often be seen, (and heard!) at beach bars and clubs along the length of the coast. He has always been interested in the news and constantly thrives to present his articles in an interesting and engaging way.

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