SPAIN WILL KEEP REGISTER OF THOSE WHO REFUSE COVID19 VACCINE

Spain is to set up a register of people who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus and share it with other European Union nations, the health minister has said. Salvador Illa said the list would not be made accessible to the public or to employers                                                      

People in Spain who decline to be  vaccinated against coronavirus will be listed in a new register that will be shared with other European Union nations, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa has said. We will have registry of those people who have been offered it and simply rejected it, this information will be shared with our European partners" Illa told Spain's La Sexta TV channel. 

The European commission did not immediately respond to questions over whether this registry reflected an EU-wide initiative or what role Brussels might play in sharing this information.

“The information is collected for the purpose of identifying why someone has not been vaccinated; whether it is a personal decision, a failure in the system or that the person has not been given an appointment,” said the source, who added that the registry could be shared with other EU nations if deemed necessary.