The Spanish, who at the beginning of the pandemic were among the countries most infected with covid-19, are now among the most vaccinated nations, data show.
Other countries have tried a variety of measures to encourage people to get vaccinated, from cash payments to direct orders or bans on visiting premises without proof of vaccination, but at Madrid's Isabel Zendal hospital, staff say young people are coming to them eager to return to normal life.
The head of nurses, Fernando Prado, explained that young people know that a normal life is closer to them the sooner they get vaccinated.
Only five percent of Spanish residents do not want to receive the covid-19 vaccine, much less than 13 percent in France or 19 percent in the US, according to a Morning Consult poll published on Thursday.
The main driver of readiness for vaccination is the memory of the first wave of the pandemic in Spain in March 2020, when 800 people died every day, Hina agency reports.
Since then, Spain has seen a steady increase in the number of people vaccinated, although there were supply problems at the beginning.
In terms of the percentage of the population that has received at least one dose, Spain ranks 11th in the world and 4th in the European Union, according to Reuters
"In its strategy against the pandemic, Spain focused on vaccination and people believed," said Kuike Basat, a scientist at the Global Health Institute in Barcelona.
But in recent weeks, some regions have seen an increase in cases and curfews have been re-imposed there.
Basat said that restrictions were lifted too quickly in the country and warned that herd immunity will not be achieved until 90 percent of the population is vaccinated because the more infectious delta variant is spreading, reports Hina.
The number of people vaccinated continues to grow and all people over 80 are fully vaccinated, as are 84,4 percent of people over 60, according to government data.
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