Spain misses vaccination target as promised by Pedro Sanchez

Spain has missed its August 18 vaccination target as promised by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

On May 10, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez vowed that Spain would reach herd immunity with a target of 70 per cent of the population vaccinated against Covid-19. However, 100 days later, just 63 per cent are vaccinated, a shortfall of at least three million people.

According to data from the Ministry of Health, 29,968,303 Spaniards have already received their first Covid vaccination, that is 62.79 per cent of the population.

Spain’s incident rate stands at 398.94 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Sanchez, who is holidaying in Lanzarote, is facing increasing criticism for what some Spanish media outlets are calling a “propaganda campaign” that ultimately failed to deliver on its target despite Sanchez’s dramatically daily countdowns to herd immunity.

Meanwhile, some autonomous regions are still waiting for vaccines to be delivered.

The Delta variant currently accounts for 85 per cent of Covid-19 cases in Spain. Deaths in Spain over the last 14 days are however three times the European Union average, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

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