The Covid-19 vaccination campaign has reached cruising speed in Spain. With the immunization of the over-80s nearly complete, and half of the countryâs septuagenarians and 40% of the 60-69 age group having got their first dose, all of the over 60s could be protected between the end of May and start of June should the expected doses arrive. Now the health authorities will have to decide on what will happen for the under-60s, and with vaccines such as that of Janssen â being a single-shot vaccine, it could speed things up even further. But according to the current plans, it wonât be used for the under-60s. Some regions are calling for a change to the guidelines, while others are hesitant given the tiny risks of blood clots that have been associated with the medication.
A month after the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, pediatricians from all over Spain started to detect cases of a syndrome that was so strange that it didnât even have a name. It started to become clear at that time that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was causing serious illness above all else in the elderly and those with pre-existing medical conditions. That is why it was so strange to be finding children who, four to six weeks after having been infected with the coronavirus, would fall ill with continuous fever, general inflammation and other symptoms that put their lives at risk â despite having completely recovered from the initial infection.