Spain will receive 1.3 million doses of Pfizer’s pediatric vaccine on December 13 and another two million vials will land in January
The Government is reluctant to establish restrictions in the face of Christmas and believes that vaccination and masks are enough to stop the spike in infections from the sixth wave. In the Interterritorial Council this Thursday, held in Córdoba, the Basque Country was the community that most strongly exposed the need to decree more limitations for the upcoming holidays (the Constitution Bridge and Christmas), but there was a broad consensus between the Ministry of Health and the autonomies so as not to toughen the measures.
“It has been agreed to intensify awareness messages,” admitted only Minister Darias. No compulsory vaccination, as the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stated on Wednesday, or the obligatory nature of masks outdoors, as set yesterday by the Italian Government for cities.
“We are in a vaccination coverage very different from that of other countries,” said the minister, who insisted on the use of masks indoors because this element “protects against all variants, including Omicron.”
In addition, Darias explained that the first pediatric vaccines, 1.3 million doses, will arrive in Spain on December 13 and will be distributed among the communities in proportion to the child population, and that another two million vials will land in January.
But the details on the vaccination of children will be closed next week, specifically, on Tuesday, when the Public Health Commission, the body in charge of managing the pandemic, is expected to analyze the document that it will prepare in the coming days. the Presentation of Vaccines. The minister also said that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will analyze the Moderna pediatric vaccine this December.
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