Fury as Brit expats living in Spain are REFUSED Covid jabs in ‘petty revenge for Brexit’
Joe Duggan
Updated: May 10 2021, 15:19 ET
BRITISH expats in Spain say they ve been refused the Covid vaccine despite the Madrid government extending the rollout to all residents.
Officials have reportedly denied the jab to expats without a public health card as, under post-Brexit rules, Brits living in Spain need private health insurance.
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Brits living in Spain say they ve been denied the Covid jabCredit: Alamy
But Spain’s Health Ministry has said all residents should have equal access to Covid vaccine jabs.
One Brit living in Tenerife said he was told go away, we don t vaccinate foreigners on a visit to his health centre.
Britons living in Spain have reportedly been refused the coronavirus vaccine
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Britons living in Spain are being turned away from Covid vaccine centres after not having the correct post-Brexit medical documentation, it has been claimed.
British newspapers report that local authorities are turning away those without valid European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) or Global Health Insurance Cards (GHIC) and that do not have private health insurance.
That is despite the Spanish health minister repeatedly making clear the vaccine is available to anyone living in the country.
The reports accuse the country of reneging on the commitment due to Brexit .
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Vaccination problems are another on a long list of bureaucratic issues faced by British resident
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British citizens in Spain say they are being refused access to Covid-19 jabs, despite orders from the country s national government to extend the vaccination campaign to all residents.
Local officials are refusing vaccinations on the grounds that expats do not have a public health card, because a condition of their post-Brexit residency is that they have to take out private health insurance.