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Date Published: 14/07/2022

ARCHIVED - Fourth Covid vaccine to be rolled out in Spain in September

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Spain will begin by offering the booster to over 80s and those living in nursing homes

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Fourth Covid vaccine to be rolled out in Spain in September

After coming under increasing pressure from authorities in the EU to offer a second Covid booster jab to people over the age of 60 “immediately” with the aim of slowing down the spread of infections and growing hospital pressure, the Ministry of Health in Spain has announced on Thursday July 14 that a fourth coronavirus vaccination will be available in the second half of September.

This, according to Minister Carolina Darias, should coincide with the arrival of new serums designed to target the latest Omicron subvariants, which have been hitting older age groups particularly hard this wave.

“Everything indicates, with all caution, that it could be with the arrival of new vaccines, I think from the second half of September; if the European Medicines Agency authorises these new vaccines adapted to the Omicron variant, it may be a good time,” Ms Darias explained.

Priority will initially be given to those over the age of 80 along with people living in nursing homes, followed by the over 60s; using this strategy, the Public Health Commission believes that the fourth Covid jab should be administered to the entire target population by the end of the year.

“Spain has been a world leader in vaccination and, when the machinery starts up, the National Health System responds with considerable speed,” the Minister added.

Spain has already developed its own home-grown vaccine, Hipra, against coronavirus and Ms Darias is hopeful that it will be approved by the EMA soon, as this serum would be appropriate for the fourth dose.

“Our wish is as soon as possible to offer one more vaccine, and above all a vaccine from our country that would be the first European inoculation,” she concluded.

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