Spain continues to suffer from an increase in new daily cases of coronavirus caused by the new variants BA.4, BA.5 and Centaurus. According to the latest data published by the Ministry of Health, the cumulative incidence at 14 days among older than 60 years is 1,018 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Also, the report notes that there 41,683 new infections y 382 people have diedwhich amounts to a total of 109,642 deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, in March 2020.
On the other hand, the number of occupied beds in Spanish hospitals is 9,64% and it is a 6,30% if we are talking about the Intensive Care Units (ICU).
When will the fourth dose be started?
In the meantime, the Public Health Commission meets this Thursday, July 21, to discuss coronavirus vaccines. For her part, the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias sets the date to start administering the fourth or second booster dose.
This vaccination will be from second half of September and it will be with the vaccines of the new variants, among them, the Spanish hiprawhich has already demonstrated its effectiveness against the new strains of the coronavirus, the predominant ones in our country.
New vacancies in Health
On the other hand, Health summons the largest Spanish offer of specialized healthcare training places, 11,112. Of them, 323 are for medicine, 73 for family doctors and for the first time enters the specialty child and adolescent psychiatry.
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