This Saturday, the minister of Health, Carolina Dariaspoke about the current situation of the covid in spain and I wanted to remind you of the importance of vaccines to address it. In this sense, he encouraged Spanish citizens to get vaccinated second booster dose against the coronavirus.
Darias, who was inside Lanzarote to visit the Molina Orosa Hospitalone of the Spanish hospitals that benefited from investments in high-tech equipment, appreciated the role of Spain, globally, in the the fight against the virus, and asked for the vaccination to continue.
Darias asks to be vaccinated with the second booster dose
Specifically, he made this request to the groups that Public Health Commission, on a proposal from the Conference on Vaccines, indicated that vaccination with the second booster dose is recommended. Darias highlighted the role of vaccines, which “save lives” and this meant a before and after in pandemic.
The Minister of Health went further and ensured it was the “The most powerful weapon to fight covid”, he stated in Lanzarote. In this way he encouraged these groups to get vaccinated during this campaign, which began on September 26th.
The minister highlighted Spain’s fight against Covid
Darias supported his statements with data demonstrating the need to continue with the vaccination campaign. The minister referred 15% increase in cumulative incidence in those over the age of 65, as well as 16% increase in hospital pressure and of a 21% in intensive care unit (ICU) beds..
Likewise, he stressed the importance of continuing with the high vaccination rate in Spain which, in this regard, is a world reference, with almost 93% of people over the age of 12 with the full guideline received and more than 26 million citizens with the first dose of memories. “Now we must continue to protect ourselves with the second dose”has manifested itself.
