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With the shots forecast to arrive, the country will be able to provide full protection to 22.7 million people by the start of summer

Spanish healthcare experts will now meet to determine which sectors of the population should be administered the inoculation, which until now has been reserved for the under-55s

Meanwhile, Spain is delaying the decision to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine to the over-55s until more research has been done into possible side effects of the medication

In Spain, the bathrooms of older buildings are connected through communal ducts that allow aerosol exchanges. Although not common, it is suspected that transmission may occur in specific circumstances

The deal involves a perimetral lockdown of territories from March 26 to April 9, and from March 17 to 21 in areas where March 19 is a holiday for father’s day

The Health Ministry added 291 deaths to the official toll on Tuesday, but the figures do not include data from Catalonia, which was unable to update its information due to a computing error

EL PAÍS reviews which priority groups are currently receiving the vaccine in each of the country’s 17 regions

Debating which inoculation is better does not make sense, say experts, as the drive is a collective – not individual – effort to slow the spread of the virus

Most of the country’s regional governments are in favor of perimetral lockdowns during the spring break, with the Health Ministry seeking a countrywide agreement on restrictions

According to the new document, vulnerable groups under the age of 60 will get the vaccine once the inoculation of older demographics has been completed

The immunization of essential workers and the over-80s got going this week with a number of complications over appointments, which are slowing down the campaign. Last week just 75% of received doses were injected

Only five countries have vaccinated a higher percentage of the population with the two shots, but a growing amount of data suggests that it is better to immunize more people with one jab as soon as possible

For the six million people who have had to self-isolate since the beginning of the pandemic, tasks like taking out the trash and buying groceries can turn into problems when no one is at hand to help

The region is the only territory in the country where the 14-day cumulative number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants is still over 500

Seven regions are leading the inoculation campaign, which seeks to immunize 70% of the population before the end of the summer

Hospital occupation by Covid patients has also been falling for the last week, albeit at a slower rhythm than new infections

Six people are dead and dozens more infected after the virus moved undetected through a 16-story residential property in the Basque city of Bilbao

An overview of the current state of the campaign, including which inoculations are being used now and in the future, and who will be receiving jabs in the upcoming phases

For now the Covid shots will go to teachers, law-enforcement officers, firefighters and other essential workers, while severely immunocompromised people are being told to wait

The decision means that Spain will follow one of the most conservative approaches with this medication. The doses that are due to arrive will be used for healthcare personnel for now

The process of immunizing seniors in residences is nearly complete, while the majority of healthcare workers have got their first dose

The age limit– which could even be lowered to 55 – means that the country will need to review its current vaccination plan to prioritize other vulnerable groups or essential workers

A decision is yet to be made as to whether it will be administered to the over-65s, in line with countries such as Germany, Italy and France

The central Health Ministry registered nearly 900,000 cases, a third of the total since the coronavirus crisis took hold

The incidents that have been seen so far with Covid-19 inoculations have not significantly affected the plans in this first quarter. The key time for reaching the target of 70% of the population will be spring

Experts say homemade and fabric coverings do not provide enough protection, especially given the emergence of new, more contagious strains of the coronavirus

The surge in new cases is pushing hospitals to the limit, with some regions recording more or the same number of Covid-19 admissions as in the spring of last year