Galicia, La Rioja and Cantabria became the latest to
tighten coronavirus restrictions.
Despite the worrying rise, Health Minister Salvador Illa highlighted that with
92,000 doses of vaccine administered over the past 24 hours, Spain had reached the desired pace for vaccination, with less than 5% of the population refusing to be inoculated.
"The rejection (of vaccine) is
very low, almost anecdotal..., thanks to the maturity and confidence in science among Spaniards," he told reporters.
Vaccination is voluntary in Spain, but
El Pais newspaper earlier reported that a judge in Galicia had allowed health workers to inoculate an incapacitated care home resident, overruling her family’s objections to protect her health.