COVID-19 vaccination in Spain is the national vaccination strategy started on 27 December 2020 in order to vaccinate the country's population against COVID-19 within the international effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of 23 November 2021, the following doses had been received: 59,296,575 Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses, 16,105,300 Moderna vaccine doses, 17,427,500 Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine doses and 2,659,000 Janssen vaccine doses, totaling to 95,488,375 doses. Out of these doses, 75,173,640 had been administered.

The autonomous communities with the highest fully-vaccinated percentage are Asturias (85.1%) and Galicia (84.9%), while the communities with the lowest percentage are the Canary Islands (75.7%) and the Balearic Islands (72.4%). The Spanish average percentage was 79.1%, amounting to 37,557,243 people.

Out of the total, 3,776,118 have been administered as additional doses, or third doses, of which 3,319,229 are Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses and 456,889 are Moderna vaccine doses.

The amount of doses ordered from Q1 to Q4 of 2021 is 141,943,261.

Vaccines on order There are several COVID-19 vaccines at various stages of development around the world. + VaccineDoses orderedApprovalDeploymentAge AppliedPfizer–BioNTech146 million12+ Moderna52 million 12+ Oxford-AstraZeneca31 million60–69 Janssen20 million40+ Novavax2,2 millionValnevaSanofi–GSKCureVac

Phases and development of the vaccination campaign According to the Government of Spain, the vaccination campaign, which is being carried out voluntarily, is structured in four phases. These phases are at the same time formed by different population groups defined in the National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy : PhasesPopulation groupDevelopment1st doses2nd doses0Development, approval and assessment.1Priority groupsElderly and disabled care homes' residents and staffCompleted (99,3%)Completed (92,0%)First line health and socio-sanitary professionalsCompletedCompletedOther health and socio-sanitary professionalsCompletedCompletedHighly dependent people not living in care homesCompletedCompleted2Other priority groupsAll those aged 80 and older>100,0%>100,0%All those aged between 70 and 79 and those with very high risk conditions99,1%98,2%All those aged between 60 and 6997,9%95,1%Other health and socio-sanitary professionalsCompletedCompletedWorkers with an essential social roleCompletedCompletedAll those aged between 50 and 5997,4%93,1%3 (In progress)Rest of priority groupsAll those aged between 40 and 4988,9%85,6%All those aged between 30 and 3974,4%72,7%All those aged between 20 and 2973,0%70,0%All those aged between 12 and 1980,7%77,2%TOTALSCurrent prioritary goal (all those aged 40 and over)94,2%92,1%Target population (all those aged 12 and over)90,8%85,5%Spanish total population79,5%77,3% Notes: The information shown in the table is collected up to September 1, 2021.

Public opinion

Centre for Sociological Research According to the Centre for Sociological Research, the Spanish public organism in charge of investigating the public opinion of the society on many different topics, these are the data of the acceptance of the vaccine among the Spanish population:

+Question: "Would you be willing to get vaccinated immediately when the vaccine is available?"Oct 2020Nov 2020Dec 2020Jan 2021Feb 2021Mar 2021Apr 2021May 2021Jun 2021YESYes40,2%36,8%40,5%72,5%82,9%82,5%70,4%53,2%37,8%They are already vaccinated – – – – –5,1%15,0%37,7%55,1%Yes, depending on the origin of the vaccine0,2%0,1%0,6%0,2%0,4%0,6%2,4%1,2%0,4%Yes, if there are guarantees, if it is proven, if it is reliable2,2%1,4%16,2%2,5%1,8%0,9%1,6%0,5%0,2%Yes, on the advice of the authorities, scientists or health professionals0,2%0,3%3,6%1,3%0,9%0,3%0,4%0,3%0,1%Yes, if there is enough information0,2%0,0%3,2%0,8%0,4%0,2%0,3%0,2%0,1%TOTAL YES43,0%38,6%64,1%77,3%86,4%89,6%90,1%93,1%93,7%NONo43,8%47,0%28,0%16,5%6,5%5,4%5,3%3,7%3,6%TOTAL NO 43,8% 47,0%28,0%16,5%6,5%5,4%5,3%3,7%3,6%NK +

NADoes not know, doubts12,4%13,4%5,3%4,5%5,5%3,8%3,3%2,4%1,8%Other answers0,6%0,7%2,5%1,7%1,6%1,0%1,3%0,7%0,6%N.A. (Not answers)0,4%0,3%0,1%0,1%0,1%0,0%0,1%0,0%0,1%TOTAL NK/NA (OTHER ANSWERS)13,4%14,4%7,9%6,3%7,2%4,8%4,7%3,1%2,5%Sample2.9243.8533.8173.8523.8693.8203.8233.8143.814Reference

From February 2021 onwards, the centre began to ask among those who did not want to take the vaccine about the reasons they had for choosing not to receive the shot, obtaining the following results:

+[ONLY AMONG THOSE WHO ARE NOT WILLING TO BE VACCINATED WHEN AVAILABLE FOR THEM]: "What is the main reason you have by which you would not take the vaccine when your turn comes?" (spontaneous answer)February 2021March 2021April 2021May 2021June 2021% question% total sample% question% total sample% question% total sample% question% total sample% question% total sampleThey do not rely on these vaccines31,2%2,0280%29,3%1,5822%34,6%1,8338%25,3%0,9361%35,4%1,2744%Because of fear to develop risks for their health/side-collateral effects18,5%1,2025%20,1%1,0854%25,3%1,3409%25,3%0,9361%15,6%0,5616%They are against all vaccines in general4,3%0,2795%1,7%0,0981%3,1%0,1643%4,4%0,1628%7,1%0,2556%They prefer to wait to see how they work9,2%0,5980%6,0%0,3240%3,5%0,1855%7,7%0,2849%6,9%0,2484%They do not believe they are effective8,3%0,5395%7,1%0,3834%5,2%0,2756%8,7%0,3219%5,2%0,1872%They do not consider it necessary (without specifying) – –4,6%0,2484%3,7%0,1961%7,3%0,2701%4,7%0,1692%Because of lack of guarantees: few trials, earliness, lack of analysis4,6%0,2990%4,6%0,2484%3,7%0,1961%4,2%0,1554%3,1%0,1116%COVID-19 denial – –3,1%0,1674%2,8%0,1484%0,7%0,0259%3,1%0,1116%Because of having few possibilities of infection3,2%0,2080%3,5%0,1890%1,0%0,0530%4,8%0,1776%3,0%0,1080%Because of having allergies, other diseases or treatments, breastfeeding, pregnancy3,0%0,1950%2,1%0,1134%3,6%0,1908%3,7%0,1369%2,3%0,0828%Because of having passed COVID-19 – –4,6%0,2484%3,4%0,1802%0,2%0,0074%2,2%0,0792%Because of lack of information1,5%0,0975%3,7%0,1998%1,1%0,0583%0,7%0,0259%1,4%0,0504%There are other people more vulnerable or with a higher risk than them0,8%0,052%1,0%0,0540% – – – –0,8%0,0288%They do not ever get vaccinated1,0%0,0650%1,5%0,0810%1,6%0,0848%1,5%0,0555% - -Because of any other reason12,9%0,8385%4,9%0,2646%5,8%0,3074%3,1%0,1147%7,3%0,2628%They do not know, doubt1,3%0,0845%1,9%0,1026%1,0%0,0530%1,8%0,0666% - -N.A. (Not answers)0,2%0,0130% – –0,5%0,0265%0,8%0,0296%1,9%0,0684%Sample2513.8692083.8202033.8231433.8141383.814Reference

Vaccinated Spanish public figures The progress of the vaccination campaign to more and more demographic groups has allowed many public figures to receive one or two doses of the vaccine correspondent to them by age or belonging to some other priority group.

Politicians

State authorities

King Philip VI of Spain received the vaccine on May 29, 2021, at 53 years old. The head of State received the vaccine without medical transcendence, and was only informed after receiving the jab. He was vaccinated once the access for his age group was opened, at the massive vaccination point set up in WiZink Center in Madrid, as any other citizen. He was accompanied by the head of the Royal Family medical service, Juan Martínez, and by the Vice-councillor for Public Health and COVID-19 Plan of the Community of Madrid, Antonio Zapatero. Regarding the vaccine brand, although it was not officially communicated, it is known that only Janssen vaccines were given that day. With respect to the published images, these were not distributed by the Royal Family, however, the TV programme Cuatro al día from the Spanish broadcasting station Cuatro published a picture of the head of State receiving the vaccine.

Statistics

Progress to date

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