Those over 60 years of age and healthcare personnel will receive a booster dose

People between 60 and 69 years old (5.2 million in all Spain) and health personnel will also receive a third dose of the vaccine against covid-19, as announced this Wednesday by the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez. Expanding the groups to be inoculated with the reinforcement, In line with what is approved in most countries in the European environment, it still has to be approved by the Interterritorial Health Council, which brings together the Executive and the autonomous communities, but sources from the body indicate that it will go ahead without any problem.

From Ankara, where he participated in a summit with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sánchez defended that it was necessary to “continue with the vaccination without pause & rdquor ;, convinced that Spain, where the 88% of the population over 12 years old It is already immunized, it is in better conditions than its neighbors to face this new wave, which is felt with special virulence in countries such as Germany and Austria. “We are much better than a year ago to address any rebound that may occur in our country,” he said.

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But the rebound has been going on for almost two weeks now. Health notified this Wednesday 6,667 new infections and added 30 deceased to the official count, which already reaches 87,775 fatalities since the start of the pandemic. The accumulated incidence rose 7.4 points compared to the previous day, to 96 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days. Hospital pressure also rose, with 447 people admitted to ICUs, 20 more than on Tuesday. Patients in intensive care currently occupy 4.9% of the beds in these units, only one tenth after the situation is considered uncontrolled, according to the new criteria made by Health.

Even so, Sánchez focused on the fact that the outlook is much better in Spain than in neighboring countries. “With all prudence and humility, in relative terms the accumulated incidence is downright inferior to what is happening in other parts of Europe & rdquor ;, he said.