Madrid [Spain], January 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain received on Tuesday the first shipment of the vaccine against COVID-19 developed by the US pharmaceutical company Moderna, national media said.
Spain to receive 1st batch of Moderna vaccine in 7-10 days: Health Minister ANI | Updated: Jan 07, 2021 20:05 IST
Madrid [Spain, January 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain will receive the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical company Moderna in 7-10 days, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa said on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the European Commission authorised the Modernavaccine, which became the second COVID-19vaccine approved by the bloc following the authorisation of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The contract, signed in November, envisages the purchase by the EU of up to 160 million doses. Spain is expected to receive 16-17 million doses, which will be enough to vaccinate 8-8.5 million people since the vaccine is injected twice. The population of the country is 47 million.
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People in Spain who decline to be vaccinated against coronavirus will be listed in a new register that will be shared with other European Union nations, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa has said. What will be done is a registry . of those people who have been offered it and simply rejected it, Mr Illa told Spain s La Sexta TV channel.
Spain s Health Minister Salvador Illa.(AP)
Mr Illa said COVID-19 vaccinations would not be made compulsory, and stressed that the information in the register would not be made public, in line with Spain s data protection laws.
But health care professionals have warned that the idea presents potential dangers.