January 13 local time, Spain has recorded several concentrated outbreaks of COVID-19 in nursing homes that have begun to vaccinate against the novel coronavirus.
A nursing home in Navarre has confirmed 17 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and the nursing home has vaccinated residents first since January 5. Dosage of COVID-19 vaccine.
In addition, Castile-León reported two new outbreaks in nursing homes on the 12th.
More than 100 elderly people and staff were diagnosed with COVID-19. The nursing homes that had outbreaks have started to vaccinate the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on December 30.
The government of Castile-León reminds residents that even if the vaccine has begun, the people must still fulfill their social responsibility and abide by the basic epidemic prevention measures.
Local health officials said that it is predictable that concentrated infections will still occur during the COVID-19 vaccination process, so basic epidemic prevention measures must be followed after the first dose of vaccine.