This commission also aims to be able to function as an independent body to monitor the vaccination plan that Spain began to apply at the end of 2020. The spokesperson for Más País, Íñigo Errejón, assured that this commission should serve to ensure that “the deadlines and sufficient staff be hired. ”
In her turn, the PP spokesperson, Cuca Gamarra, took the opportunity to address this issue. The popular bet on “holding the Executive to account” given the general delay in vaccination plans. Gamarra recalled that it was promised to reach 70% of the vaccinated population before summer, and currently only 7% of the citizens have been inoculated.
And this would happen not only because there will be more serums available but also because the one from the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary is a single dose.
Thus, according to the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, 30 or 40% of the vaccinated population could be reached in spring.
If so, Janssen’s single-dose vaccine would be added to the three already available: Pfizer / BioNTech’s, Moderna’s and Oxford / AstraZeneca’s, all of which are two-dose.
In addition, 11,4534 people have died in Catalonia as a result of the coronavirus (30 in the last seven days); In Ceuta there have been 86 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic (two in the last week); in the Valencian Community 6,911 (52 in the last seven days); in Extremadura 1,741 (eight in one week).
In Galicia 2,259 people have died from Covid-19, 24 of which have been notified in the last seven days; 14,250 in Madrid (99 in the last seven days); 74 in Melilla (two in the last seven days); 1,532 in Murcia (16 in the last seven days); 1,106 in Navarra (six in the last seven days); 3,817 in the Basque Country (19 in the last seven days); and 731 in La Rioja (three in the last seven days).
48 positives detected in Cantabria, 16 in Castilla-La Mancha, 201 in Castilla y León, 167 in Catalonia, 14 in Ceuta, 98 in the Valencian Community, 52 in Extremadura, 53 in Galicia, 36 in Melilla, 50 in Murcia, 52 in Navarra, 266 in the Basque Country and 16 in La Rioja.
Regarding deaths, Health has already registered 8,733 deaths in Andalusia, 106 of which correspond to the last week. In Aragon 3,320, 25 in the last seven days; 1,803 in Asturias, 22 of which correspond to the last week; 732 in the Balearic Islands (four in the last seven days).
Darias also celebrated that “for the first time there are more people vaccinated from the first dose than infected people.” However, he has expressed that the decrease in cases is slight and that the British variant already has an incidence of 40%.
The minister also announced that, today, Thursday, the Public Health Commission will assess the possibility of administering the AstraZeneca vaccine in people between 55 and 65 years of age.
“We have reached a great agreement that means another step in saving lives. The objective is to save lives, not to save weeks or another holiday,” Darias stressed.
The minister communicated that it was proceeding “to the perimeter closure at the regional level”, and pointed out that this decision taken in the Council does not contemplate “the visit of relatives to bypass the autonomic confinement.”
This is how the perimeter closure of the communities was agreed from March 17 to 21, in the territories where it is a holiday on the 19th, and from March 26 to April 9 throughout Spain.
It is a decision in which the Community of Madrid voted against and Catalonia abstained.
The autonomous communities have notified the Ministry of Health on Tuesday 13,459 new cases in the last 24 hours and 234 deaths.
Likewise, 234 deaths have been registered this Tuesday, so the total number of people who have lost their lives due to the pathogen in Spain is 71,961 people.
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