03:00Spain: Care home residents first to receive fourth dose of Covid vaccine in Madrid
Nicanor and Maria, residents of the Vallecas public care home in Madrid, became the first people in the capital to receive the fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday.
Nicanor, a 74-year-old from Extremadura, and Maria, 88, were also first in line for the original dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in December 2020.
The fourth jab, a second booster dose of the vaccine, is now available in Spain for the over-80s, as well as those in nursing homes and centres for people with disabilities. A total of 1.7 million doses will be administered in the Madrid region.
The vaccines are the new version by Moderna and Pfizer against the Omicron BA.1 sub-variant. They will subsequently be offered to younger generations, with the over-60s next in line.
It comes just a day after 50-year-old Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez tested positive for Covid-19.
03:00Nicanor and Maria, residents of the Vallecas public care home in Madrid, became the first people in the capital to receive the fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday.
Nicanor, a 74-year-old from Extremadura, and Maria, 88, were also first in line for the original dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in December 2020.
The fourth jab, a second booster dose of the vaccine, is now available in Spain for the over-80s, as well as those in nursing homes and centres for people with disabilities. A total of 1.7 million doses will be administered in the Madrid region.
The vaccines are the new version by Moderna and Pfizer against the Omicron BA.1 sub-variant. They will subsequently be offered to younger generations, with the over-60s next in line.
It comes just a day after 50-year-old Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez tested positive for Covid-19.