MADRID – Spain should achieve herd immunity from COVID-19 by the end of summer 2021 if enough people are vaccinated by then, the health minister said in an interview published on Sunday.
Salvador Illa said a vaccination program will start in January and by the end of the summer, more than two-thirds of the population of 47 million should be vaccinated.
“In Europe, even if it is not the final end, we will be in a very different stage. That is why I think we are at the beginning of the end with this time horizon that I say, from five to six months,” he told Publico newspaper.
Asked if this meant that Spain would achieve herd immunity, Illa replied: “Yes. It is what t…
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