Spain to keep record of people refusing to be vaccinated
Spain to keep record of people refusing to be vaccinated
The number of people wishing to get vaccinated is on the rise in Spain
Spanish authorities will keep a register of people refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19, which will be shared with other European countries but will not be made public, Spain's health minister said on Monday.
In an interview with the television channel La Sexta, Salvador Illa reiterated that vaccination against coronavirus, which began on Sunday in Spain as in many other EU countries, would not be mandatory.
Lists will be made public
As for those who do not want to be vaccinated, "what we are going to do is a register that will also be shared with other European countries," he continued, adding that he was referring to "the people to whom he has been offered (to be vaccinated) and who will simply refuse it." "This is not a document that will be made public," he said, adding that the file would be developed "with the utmost respect for data protection."
According to the latest study published last Monday by the Centre for Sociological Investigation (CIS), a government-owned polling institute, the proportion of Spaniards who do not want to be vaccinated has dropped dramatically, from 47% in November to 28% in December.
Target 2.5 million Spaniards vaccinated by the end of February
During the same period, the percentage of Spaniards who said they were ready to receive the vaccine increased from 36.8% to 40.5%. Like many European countries, Spain began on Sunday the vaccine vaccination campaign against coronavirus with the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
The government led by the socialist Pedro Sanchez aims to have 2.5 million people -- those in priority or the most vulnerable groups -- vaccinated by the end of February and a total of 15 to 20 million by the summer. With nearly 50,000 deaths and more than 1.8 million cases, according to official figures, Spain is one of the European countries that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
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