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Date Published: 16/11/2021

ARCHIVED - Spain considers third Covid vaccine for over 60s

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With coronavirus cases increasing in Spain, health authorities are looking at offering a booster jab to more age groups

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Spain considers third Covid vaccine for over 60s

Despite the fact that Spanish authorities decided against administering a top-up Covid jab just last week, the Ministry of Health is set to meet on Wednesday November 17 to make a decision on whether to offer a booster vaccine to people aged between 60 and 69 years, as well as healthcare workers. The ministers will come to a conclusion based on the data offered in the latest Vaccine Report, which is expected to support the additional inoculation given the recent surge in cases in Spain.

If the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, decides tomorrow that a third jab is appropriate, then the decision will go to the Public Health Commission for approval.

The move to triple-jab the older population was made because research has shown that immunity against Covid depletes with age. Regarding the younger generation, most people in this age bracket were vaccinated with AstraZeneca once its use was discontinued in younger populations.

In the case of those aged between 60 and 69, Spain is suggesting offering a booster of messenger RNA vaccines – Pfizer or Moderna – and many communities have also asked the Government to provide a top-up to health workers, something which the Vaccine Committee already supports. In fact, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDE) made this recommendation a few weeks ago, and Austria, Ireland and Romania are already administering a third dose to their medical personnel.

According to data from the Ministry of Health, since May 2020, some 150,975 Covid cases have been reported in healthcare workers in Spain, with just 480 infections recorded in the last seven days.

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