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. 2021 Jul 7:1:12.
doi: 10.1038/s43856-021-00014-2. eCollection 2021.

Vaccinate fast but leave no one behind: a call to action for COVID-19 vaccination in Spain

Jeffrey V Lazarus  1 , Quique Bassat  1   2   3   4   5 , Javier Crespo  6   7 , Gonzalo Fanjul  1 , Alberto L Garcia-Basteiro  1   2 , Marcos López Hoyos  7   8   9 , Carlos Mateos  10   11 , José Muñoz Gutierrez  1   12 , Denise Naniche  1 , Miquel Oliu-Barton  13   14 , Kenneth H Rabin  15 , Rafael Vilasanjuan  1 , Sonia Villapol  16   17 , Jose M Martin-Moreno  18
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Vaccinate fast but leave no one behind: a call to action for COVID-19 vaccination in Spain

Jeffrey V Lazarus et al. Commun Med (Lond). .

Abstract

During the first five months of 2021, Spain's COVID-19 vaccination campaign progressed slowly and failed to reach marginalised populations. Here, we discuss how, despite recent improvements, it remains important to further engage key stakeholders to ensure nobody is left behind.

Keywords: Public health; Viral infection.

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Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests.

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