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Spain to form vaccine convoys through historic snow dump
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January 11, 2021 10.45am
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Madrid: Emergency crews in central Spain will form vaccine convoys through the snow, after clearing 500 roads and rescuing some 1500 stranded people, allowing a weekly shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to be distributed to regional health authorities.
The Spanish government said it would on Monday send convoys carrying the COVID-19 vaccine and food supplies to areas cut off by Storm Filomena, the country s worst snowstorm in recent memory, which has killed four people.
MADRID: People walk along a street strewn with snow and fallen tree branches after heavy snowfall on Sunday. A large part of central Spain, including the capital Madrid, are slowly clearing snow after the country’s worst snowstorm in recent memory. AP
MADRID: Emergency crews in central Spain cleared 500 roads and rescued over 1,500 people stranded in their vehicles, allowing Madrid and other areas on Sunday to slowly shovel out of the country’s worst snowstorm in recent memory.
After recording 50 centimetres (20 inches) of snow in the Spanish capital between Friday night and Saturday, Madrid and a large swathe of the country remained impassable on Sunday, with roads, rail lines and air travel disrupted by Storm Filomena. The blizzard has been blamed for four deaths.
MADRID (AP) Emergency crews in central Spain cleared 500 roads and rescued over 1,500 people stranded in their vehicles, allowing Madrid and other areas on