Spain is creating a register of people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and will share it with other member states of the European Union, as reported by the country’s Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, on the television channel La Sexta .
The big picture: Spain on Monday becomes the fourth European nation to surpass 50,000 coronavirus deaths, after the United Kingdom, Italy and France, by Johns Hopkins. Nearly 1.9 million cases have been confirmed. Island said vaccines are free and not mandatory. Data on those who reject inoculation will not be publicly disclosed, “and will be done with the utmost respect for data protection,” he added.
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