a thousand Madrilenians are immunized at dawn

28/06/2021 – 07:57 Updated: 06/28/2021 – 08:12

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More than a thousand Madrilenians have vaccinated during the early hours of this Monday in the hospital Nurse Isabel Zendal, what has released the vaccination 24 hours through a self-citation system, which has been a relief for many citizens who have served to “advance” the long-awaited prick.

“We, for example, are from Alcorcón and the closest date was July 9. But when we came to Zendal we have been able to advance it more than ten days and, as we start the holidays next week, it is a way of going with more security “, says Begoña, who waits in line outside the hospital, where the night is already closed.

The director of Nursing at Zendal, Verónica Real, explains that with the nocturnal vaccination that has begun in pavilion one of this center, it is intended to vaccinate 10% more patients, around 1,200 but being able span the 2,000 All night long.

The strip with the most available slots is the one that goes from 2 to 3 in the morning, and they will be able to request this self-quote all people over 40 years of age, although it is expected that in 15 days it will be extended to the range of 30 to 40 years.

Real comments that the nocturnal vaccination has several advantagesAs there is not as much traffic, or that it is easier to park, however, others, like José, who has been vaccinated at almost one in the morning with Pfizer, see other advantages at night.

“I’ve come now in case I get a fever or something, well that at least he catches me sleeping, so I don’t know“, says the man, who affirms that he has seen that there was a gap at this time in the Zendal and how he lives” next door “since he has decided to come to receive the desired puncture because, in addition, at night” it is cooler. ”

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The self-citation system is available today in the Community of Madrid for people over 40 years of age who have not received any doses and who can go to 31 vaccination points: 27 public hospitals, two vaccination “macro-points” in primary care in Alcalá de Henares and Fuente el Saz , the WiZink Center and the Wanda Metropolitano stadium.

Although the first vaccinated at night, Verónica, has chosen to be vaccinated at 00:30 hours because it is “easier because there was less traffic”, most of the people who have come tonight to Zendal have been to advance the vaccination.

It is the case of Natalia, who your vaccination is more than two weeks early, scheduled for mid-July, and he does not care that for that reason he is going to sleep less, because “he will sleep tomorrow.”

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Alejandro says that I wanted to come “as soon as possible” to get vaccinated, and this was the “first date” that came out, so he took it, says the man, who wants to be immunized like all his family, who is from Granada, and regrets that his cousins ​​”who are younger” are already vaccinated and he does not, so he has decided to advance it in this way.

While inside the Zendal everything resembles any vaccination day, outside the silence of the closed night is striking, which only disturbs the sound of crickets, and now a queue of about 30 or 40 people waiting for be vaccinated against covid.

Among them is Monica, who assures Efe that she had an appointment for July 3 at Wizink, but when she saw that there was a possibility of getting vaccinated at Zendal, she did not think twice.

“It urges me and this is a way to advance the vaccine,” says the woman, who says that the feeling of being about to receive a puncture, but at dawn is just as “good” because, in addition, “there are fewer people and a little chill in the open air. ”

The goal of uninterrupted vaccination is to increase the daily dose delivery capacity to more than 22,000, which will allow immunize 150,000 people a week, as detailed by the regional government.

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