![]() ![]() The waiting room of the vaccination center at the Fira de Barcelona convention center. Spain continues to have one of the highest shares of fully vaccinated people of the world’s large countries, with 58.6% of the population completely immunized. Spain’s regions are also continuing to vaccinate the 30-50 population, most of whom are receiving their second shot, and the 20-29 age group, half of whom have already received their first dose. “We were eager to get vaccinated,” added the other. “I was a bit scared at the beginning, but it went perfectly, you almost don’t notice it when they inject you,” said one. Lining up that day in Barcelona to get their first shots were brothers Óscar and Pablo Pons, aged 15 and 13 respectively. ![]() In Catalonia, the regional government opened the vaccination drive to the 12-15 age group on Wednesday. If the vaccine rollout follows the expected speed, most adolescents will be fully vaccinated in time for the start of the new school year. The 12-19 age group is made up of 3.8 million people, 17.9% of whom have already received their first dose. The only regions that are not yet vaccinating the under-20s on a large scale are Cantabria, Castilla y León, Valencia, Extremadura, Galicia and La Rioja. Ten of Spain’s regions – which are in charge of the immunization drive as well as containing the pandemic in their territories – are now vaccinating the 12-19 population. ![]() Vaccination centers in Spain are now filling up with teenagers who, accompanied by their parents, are waiting to get their first shot of a Covid-19 vaccine. ![]()
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