Andalusia has reported 1,192 cases in the last 24 hours, a increase of 172 on yesterday’s figures. Malaga with 213 reported the most cases. Huelva had the lowest on 58 and Cordoba next 114.

Sadly, there were 55 more deaths declared today 13 more than yesterday. Huelva did not declare any new deaths and the total remains at 121 Since the pandemic began in Andalusia there have been 4,809 deaths to Covid.

Huelva has 11 patients in intensive care and the number of people in hospital continues to drop and is now at 66. There are currently 1,188 patients in Andalusian hospitals with Covid-19 of which 251 are in intensive care.

 

The President of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, in a press conference in Sierra Nevada today Saturday 19th December announced that the Andalusian government is studying ways that they could ask for the vaccinations of citizens who want to attend mass events like sporting events. He announced that the Andalusian council are looking at a Vaccination Certificate which may be given in QR code format and this would help allow people attend mass events. President Moreno said that at present there are only two ways that people can attend a mass event like a football match without causing a major risk, option one would be to have a Negative PCR in the last 72 hours while option two is to have the vaccination.

The President was quick to point out that nobody will be obliged to take the vaccine but that there is a moral obligation to ourselves and to the people around us.

Andalusia is currently at the bottom of the infection rate for mainland Spain, but President Moreno pointed out that this could change at any moment and we have already seen that with this virus as situations can change in matter of days.

The President was speaking at the opening of the ski-resort in Sierra Nevada and he outlined that if numbers increased, they would be obliged to impose restrictions which would temporary close the resort until numbers improved again.

Spain will distribute the vaccine on the 26th December with vaccination starting the next day in the majority of autonomous states. It is worth noting that the first 2 million doses of the vaccination will given to Health care workers, carers and residents in nursing homes followed by people over 64 years of age . In total there are 15 different categories in Spain see table below.

  

1	Health and social health care workers
2	Residents in Nursing homes or day care centres
3	People over 64
4	People with major disabilities
5	Anyone classified as high risk
6	Anyone who live or works in a closed environment.
7	People belonging to vulnerable populations due to their socioeconomic situation.
8	People with essential jobs.
9	Teaching staff.
10	Young Children
11	Teenagers
12	Adults
13	Population in areas with high incidence or in outbreak situations.
14	Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.
15	People with an immunization, positive for SARS-Cov-2.