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Non residents to be vaccinated Health authorities in the Valencian Community confirmed that they will begin to vaccinate non residents if they can prove a planned stay of more than one month. With an influx of national and international tourists expected this week, health authorities have drawn up instructions to vaccinate all of those people who, although not registered in
the region, are planning to stay The Ministry's instructions indicate that, all of them, "will be vaccinated according to their classification in the population information system (SIP)." The instructions are in accordance with the provisions of the National Vaccination Strategy, that is, "guarantee the vaccination of all people according
to the risk group to which they belong." Therefore, all those not registered as resident but who need to be vaccinated, according to their risk level or age group, should register with the SIP system at their local health centre, and join the waiting list for vaccine appointments. In the event that these people have already had a dose elsewhere and are requesting to complete their immunization here, the protocol establishes that the patient must "prove the date of vaccination, type of vaccine and place where it was received." According to reports, some tourists with second homes have already claimed the second dose of the vaccine in the Valencian community. Coming from Britain and northern Europe, they have arrived at local health centres with their identification document to request either the second dose or in some cases, both doses, depending on their age and the risk situation in which they are classified. A health worker said at the weekend that the language barrier is proving an obstacle. “Many of them don't speak Spanish well. Some come without a translator, a fact that makes it even more difficult to communicate with them,” she explained. One example given was British woman who was administered the AstraZeneca in the UK, but according to her age group, here she would have been given Pfizer. The health worker explained “When she was inputted into the nominal vaccination registry, she did not report that first dose. Soon after, a family member came who, with a little more command of the language, explained that the first dose was with AstraZeneca, like most of the United Kingdom” and so the case was notified to Public Health for follow up
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