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Covid-19
vaccines for foreign nationals in Spain Foreign residents registered with the national health system will be contacted by their regional health services as their jabs become due. The Spanish Government’s Vaccination services in order to provide vaccines to their Strategy is clear that, as a matter of public customers. Meanwhile foreign nationals living health, all people living in Spain can contact their local in Spain are eligible for health centre or insurer for In any case, all the vaccine, regardless of more information. nationality or residency people living in Spain are eligible for the status. At the current time, The embassy also recommends vaccine, regardless those in the priority groups that people check the of nationality or are being vaccinated – Spanish government’s list of irrespective of nationality or frequently asked questions at residency status type of sickness insurance. www.vacunacovid.gob.es The Vaccination Strategy is updated regularly to include new priority groups as the number of doses available gradually increases. Foreign nationals who are already registered in the public health system will be contacted by their regional health service to arrange an appointment. The Spanish authorities are asking insurance companies to coordinate with regional health
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Chemotherapy patients, transplant recipients and those on dialysis are among those who will be prioritized given their high mortality risk from the coronavirus Some Spanish regions halt injections of AstraZeneca batch under EU investigation. However the Health Ministry insists the doses are safe and that European authorities have found no evidence linking blood-clotting issues with the British-Swedish vaccine.
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