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Asturias breaks the barrier of 20% immunized and begins vaccination of 58 and 59 year olds | BE Gijón | Today for Today Gijón

Asturias does not lower the vaccination rate and this Saturday has begun to apply prophylaxis to the citizens of 58 and 59 years. Long queues at the entrance of the Gijón Sports Palace to begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel after more than a year of pandemic. On this first day, the health authorities have summoned almost 4,000 people in Oviedo and Gijón to give them the Pfizer vaccine. From now on, as explained by the director of Health Care and Public Health of Gijón, Óscar Veiras, they are established of the circuits: by mornings, about 2,000 people Come in 58 and 59 years and for the afternoon, 2,400 between 66 and 69.

The truth is that the rate of application of the vaccine continues to place the Principality at the head of the autonomous communities. Nowadays, more than 20% of the population is immunized and 40% have the first puncture. What’s more, more than 90% of Asturians between 70 and 80, 80 and 90 and more than 90 are vaccinated; seven out of ten Asturians between 60 and 70 years old have the first dose, a situation that is repeated in one in five in the 50-60 range. On the latter, on which a large part of the efforts will be focused, more than 20% have the first puncture and almost 10% are immunized.

The percentages that place the Principality in the 20,8% in section those who have a complete guideline They are very far from what the rest of the autonomous communities mark, even above the level of the state average. Asturias It scores six points from Spain (14.8%) and in some cases more than eight, for example, from Madrid (12.2%). The only region that follows a similar rhythm to the Principality is Castile and Leon with a 19,7%. Behind are Galicia with a 18,6% Y Estremadura with a 18,3%. Regions like Andalusia they stay in a 14,6% O Catalonia in the 15%.



Comparison of Asturias with the large Autonomous Communities and the regions that are behind the Principality. / BE Gijón

Asturias has administered 564,016 doses. By manufacturers, Pfizer tops the table with 422,808 (247,188 correspond to the first princhazo and 175,620 to the second), followed by AstraZeneca with 95,672, Moderna (39,923) and Janssen (5,649). On the reasons for not getting vaccinated, 9,436 Asturians la han rejected while 586 had contraindicated immunization and 722 had passed the disease.


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