While the number of reported cases in Andalusia seems to float around the one thousand-mark (1,239), Huelva province only declared 11 cases in the last 24 hours the lowest in all of the eight provinces.

There are currently 1,457 patients in Andalusian hospitals with Covid-19 of which 355 are in intensive care. Today there are 59 people hospitalized in Huelva hospitals of which 9 are in intensive care. Pressure is finally easing on the hospitals and Huelva is back down to single digits in the intensive care units.

In Spain there have been 4,4715,77 vaccines administered since the 27th Dec 2020 and 1,342,485 people have been fully vaccinated. Andalusia leads the way both in administering the jab (878,194) and people who have completed the vaccination cycle 244,049.

The majority of the vaccines distributed are Pfizer / BioNtech 4,026,055, followed by AstraZeneca / Oxford 1,169,800 and finally Moderna 387,600. Andalusia continues to lead the way in the vaccination process with 86% of all the vaccines they have received being administered.

Many of you will know that my wife is a secondary school teacher in Isla Cristina. As teachers are a sector which are currently being vaccinated yesterday evening, I drove Tere to the vaccination centre in Aljaraque. The reason I am telling you all this is so you will know exactly what will happen when you are called for the vaccination.

You are given a time to arrive at the vaccination centre and at the front there was a policeman directing you exactly where to go. Then they ask who is for vaccination in the car and ask that person for their identification. You then pull forward to the vaccination point, roll down your window and roll up your sleeve on your non-dominant arm. It is over in a flash.

Then you are directed to a parking area where you must wait for 15 minutes to ensure you have no adverse reaction. If you have allergies you are asked to wait 30 minutes. In Tere’s case it was the AstraZeneca vaccine so in 10-12 weeks she has to go back for the second jab.

I have to say that the way it was all organised was perfect, from meeting the policeman at the front to getting the jab took about two minutes. No delays, no problems and everyone really helpful. Can’t wait until I get called for mine.