Spain is setting up a registry of people who refuse to have a COVID-19 vaccine — and will share it with its European neighbors.
Health Minister Salvador Illa made the announcement Monday even as he insisted vaccination — which was rolled out there over the weekend — is not mandatory, Agence France-Presse (AFP) said.
“What will be done is a registry, which will be shared with our European partners… of those people who have been offered it and have simply rejected it,” Illa told La Sexta television, according to the agency.
“It is not a document which will be made public and it will be done with the utmost respect for data protection,” he insisted.
The main aim was to help track those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 cases, as well as work out why people are not getting the shot, a source told The Guardian.
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