The 146,000 single-dose Janssen vaccines , which arrived in Spain on April 21, represent the main hope for accelerating the vaccination rate. If the first tests are successful, another 5.7 million doses will be shipped before June, which would allow part of the Spanish population to be immunized with a single dose that proves effective after 14 days.
The calendar indicates that the sixth month will be the most frenetic of 2021. Between April and June, 38 million vaccines from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna should arrive in Spain , which together instagram data with those from Janssen, would allow us to receive 3.5 times more doses than those distributed in our country during the first quarter of 2021. The upcoming approval of the German vaccine CureVac , one of the most effective against contagious variants of the coronavirus, will allow this figure to increase to 87 million doses between April and September.
The Government's main goal in the short term is to vaccinate the entire population aged 80 and over with the second dose . The 70 to 79 age group will receive doses from Pfizer, Moderna and Janssen, which will also be used to protect patients with very high-risk conditions such as transplant recipients, cancer patients or people with Down syndrome over 40 years of age. The next age group to receive the solution, towards the end of May, will be those between 66 and 69 years of age. Regarding the AstraZeneca vaccine, in addition to concluding with the essential groups, it has begun to be supplied in most autonomous communities to people aged 55 to 65.
The future invites us to think of rapid, complete vaccination in the shortest possible time. This will not only help society to avoid more infections, but will also improve the economic reality and avoid temporary ERTE or revive tourism during periods such as Easter . Collaboration between administrations and private companies will be essential to meet the proposed objectives to achieve herd immunity.