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The Spanish authorities are planning a registry with the names of the people who have rejected the offer of vaccination against the new coronavirus. The registry is not available to the public but will be broadcast to other European countries, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa said in an interview with La Sexta television channel on Monday.
The authorities would proceed “with the utmost respect for data protection,” Illa said. He stressed again that mandatory vaccination would not be introduced in the southern European country.
According to a study published last Monday by the state polling center Center for Sociological Studies, the proportion of those who refused to vaccinate in Spain has fallen dramatically: 28 percent of those surveyed in December would reject a vaccination. In the previous month, this participation was 47 percent. At the same time, the vaccination readiness of Spaniards increased from almost 37 to more than 40 percent.
As in other European countries, the vaccination campaign against the new coronavirus began in Spain on Sunday. The Spanish government wants to have 2.5 million people vaccinated by the end of February.
Spain is one of the European countries most affected by the pandemic. According to official information, almost 50,000 people have already died from or with the virus; More than 1.8 million infections have been detected across the country.
