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People in Spain who decline to be vaccinated against coronavirus will be listed in a new register that will be shared with other European Union nations, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa has said. What will be done is a registry . of those people who have been offered it and simply rejected it, Mr Illa told Spain s La Sexta TV channel.
Spain s Health Minister Salvador Illa.(AP)
Mr Illa said COVID-19 vaccinations would not be made compulsory, and stressed that the information in the register would not be made public, in line with Spain s data protection laws.
But health care professionals have warned that the idea presents potential dangers.
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Scientific adviser urges further coronavirus restrictions to prevent catastrophe in England
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A government message about the coronavirus tier 4 restrictions is seen urging people to stay home in London on December 29. Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images
Further coronavirus restrictions are needed in England to prevent a catastrophe at the start of 2021, a member of the UK government s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) said Tuesday. I think we are entering a very dangerous new phase of the pandemic and we re going to need decisive, early, national action to prevent a catastrophe in January and February, Andrew Hayward, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at University College London, told BBC Radio 4 s Today programme.
Mr. Illa stressed that people who decide not to get vaccinated are making a “mistake” but are still within their rights.
“It is not a document which will be made public and it will be done with the utmost respect for data protection,” he said, the BBC reported. “People who are offered a therapy that they refuse for any reason, it will be noted in the register … that there is no error in the system, not to have given this person the possibility of being vaccinated.”
The comments sparked criticism from some health care professionals.
“The most important thing is to know how the registry will be used,” Jose Luis Cobos, the deputy director of the Spanish General Council of Nursing, told CNN.