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Region by region: What foreigners in Spain should do to register for the Covid-19 vaccine

Each region in Spain is deciding how it incorporates foreign residents into its Covid vaccine strategy, including those who don’t have access to public healthcare. Here's how those in each region should register for the vaccine when their group is called up.

Published: 16 April 2021 18:52 CEST
How to register for the vaccine in Spain
Image: JAVIER SORIANO / AFP

Below you will find the contact details for registering for the Covid-19 vaccine in each of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities. You will also find websites with more information, as well as what you should do if you don’t have a public health card. We also have more detailed information for those in Murcia, Valencia, Andalusia and Catalonia. 

Andalusia

To register for the vaccine please visit this site: https://www.sspa.juntadeandalucia.es/…/alta-en-bdu-para…. More information on the vaccine campaign can be found here: https://www.andavac.es/campanas/covid/

READ MORE: Andalusia’s foreigners will get the vaccine, but how should they register? 

Balearic Islands

To register for the vaccine, please call 971 211 999. For more information visit: https://www.ibsalut.es/vacuna-covid-19

Catalonia

If you already have your padrón certificate, you can apply online here: https://catsalut.gencat.cat/…/programes-interes…/

If you are not registered for the padrón, read our article specifically for those in Catalonia to find out what you should do. What residents in Catalonia need to know about getting the Covid vaccine. 

Madrid

To register for the vaccine, please call 900 102 112. For more information please visit: https://www.comunidad.madrid/servicios/salud/coronavirus

Murcia

You can register online for the vaccine here, whether you have public or private health insurance: https://portalsalud.carm.es/portalsalud/principal/inicio… or call: 900 121 212

READ ALSO: What foreigners in Spain’s Murcia region need to know about getting the Covid vaccine

Valencia region

You will need to go to your local health centre to register for the vaccine. You will be given a provisional health card to cover the period of vaccination and any other public health needs. 

READ ALSO: What foreigners in Spain’s Valencia region need to know about getting the Covid vaccine

Canary Islands

To register for your vaccine, please call 900 112 061. For more information visit this website: https://www3.gobiernodecanarias.org/sanidad/scs/contenidoGenerico.jsp?idDocument=c6332147-5728-11eb-8a2c-c902a217e6a5&idCarpeta=e01092c2-7d66-11ea-871d-cb574c2473a4

Castilla y León

To register for your vaccine or for other vaccine information please call 900 222 000. 

Castilla-La Mancha

For more information on how to register for your vaccine, please call 925 248 367. For more questions, you can also e-mail the following address: [email protected].

Asturias

To register for the vaccine, please call 984 016 114. 
You can find out more information by visiting: https://www.astursalud.es/noticias/-/noticias/programa-de-vacunacion-covid-19

If you haven’t been contacted for your vaccine when your group is called up, you can leave your details with the number above and someone will get back to you. 

Basque Country

Make sure you are registered with your local health authority and wait for a text message when your group is called up. You can find out more about the Basque Country’s vaccination campaign at: https://www.euskadi.eus/vacuna-frente-a-la-covid-19/web01-a3txerto/es/ or here:https://www.osakidetza.euskadi.eus/inicio/

Galicia

To register for your vaccine, please call 981 569 540. For more information about the vaccine process in Galicia visit: https://www.sergas.es/Saude-publica/Vacina-COVID?idioma=es

Galician health authorities have told residents to make sure the contact details associated with their health card are up to date. If they’re not, you can update them here: https://www.sergas.es/Tarxeta-sanitaria?idioma=es

If you are not eligible for public health care you can visit this web page for help: https://www.sergas.es/Asistencia-sanitaria/Documents/1372/instruci%C3%B3n%2010.21%20castellano%20con%20anexo%20firmada.pdf

If your group has been called, but you have not yet been contacted and are not registered in the database, call 881 002 021

Aragón

To register for your vaccine, please call 948 370 120. For more information on the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the region, you can visit: https://www.aragon.es/-/calendario-de-vacunacion-de-covid-19-en-aragon or https://www.saludinforma.es/portalsi/web/salud/inicio. 

Navarra

All the information you need on how to register for the vaccine can be found via the region’s online health portal here: https://coronavirus.navarra.es/es/

If you have any other questions you can e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Cantabria

The information on registering for your vaccine can be found here: https://www.scsalud.es/coronavirus-vacunas-ciudadanos or by calling them on 900 612 112.

If you have private health insurance, they say not to worry and that they will call you via your padrón details when your group comes up for vaccination

Extremadura

To register for your vaccine, please call 900 100 737. More vaccination information from the Extremadura Salud service can be found here: https://saludextremadura.ses.es/web/

If you have private health insurance, they say to get in contact with your local health centre when your group is called and show your ID card to prove your age.

La Rioja

To register for your vaccine please call 941 298 333. To find out when your group is called up please visit: https://www.riojasalud.es/salud-publicaconsumo/epidemiologia/alertasepidemiologicas/vacunacion-prevista-para-esta-semana

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HEALTH

‘Tripledemic’ in Spain: Which regions have made masks mandatory in hospitals?

With Covid, flu and bronchitis cases overwhelming hospital staff, Spain's health ministry is considering bringing back compulsory mask usage in medical facilities. However, some regions have already decided to make them mandatory.

Published: 8 January 2024 17:24 CET
'Tripledemic' in Spain: Which regions have made masks mandatory in hospitals?

It’s all felt a bit déjà vu in Spain in recent days. Respiratory infections on the up, worries about hospitals being overwhelmed, regional governments clashing with central government about the best way to approach things, and, of course, the return of face masks.

The Health Ministry, headed by Mónica García, called an extraordinary meeting of Spain’s Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (CISNS) in order to “unify the criteria” against the surge in respiratory illnesses over the winter, namely the ‘tripledemic’ threat of influenza, Covid-19 and bronchiolitis as it’s been dubbed in the Spanish and international press.

Although Spain’s Ministry of Health and regional governments failed to come to a nationwide agreement with regards to the mandatory use of masks in hospitals, health centres and pharmacies throughout the country, some regions have already made mascarillas mandatory.

Self-assessed health leave

The government is also considering the possibility of allowing three-day leave for people who have a mild illness that doesn’t require medical attention in order to ease pressure on the health system.

“We are studying self-justifying mild illnesses during the first three days,” García said in an interview with Onda Cero, indicating that this self-assessment process, referred to as ‘autobaja‘ in Spanish, would be for people that “do not need to go to the doctor.”

But what about masks? With no agreement between the government and regions yet, where do you need to wear one?

Mandatory masks

Valencia

The Valencian Ministry of Health has made masks mandatory in all health centres for symptomatic people when they are in shared spaces, including waiting rooms and consultations.

Catalonia

Masks are also mandatory in all health centres in Catalonia, though, as of Monday afternoon, it has not yet been confirmed if pharmacies are included.

Murcia

Murcia too has made face masks mandatory in hospitals and health centres and recommended their use in “in any space, when there are symptoms of respiratory disease.”

Health authorities in the southern region have been offering free masks since December 30th in hospitals.

Canary Islands

The mask mandate will enter into force tomorrow, Tuesday 9th, although like in Murcia their use has been recommended since December.

Aragón

In Aragón, masks are mandatory for all healthcare workers and personnel who work in health centres and hospitals, including social health centres. The mandate has also been extended to patients, but only those in waiting rooms.

Asturias

Face masks will be mandatory in Asturias from Tuesday 9th, in both hospitals and pharmacies.

Non-mandatory but recommended

The rest of the Spanish regions have yet to make masks mandatory in hospitals and health centres, but recommend their use, including:

Balearic Islands

The Balearic Government does however recommend using a mask if you have symptoms, as well as frequent hand washing and covering your mouth when sneezing.

Castilla and León

The Ministry of Health in Castilla y León has recommended masks for people who suspect that they may be ill or have a respiratory infection.

Basque Country

The Basque Department of Health also recommends masks for people with symptoms of respiratory illness, but has not made them obligatory.

Andalusia

The Andalusian Health Service (SAS) recommends masks for people with symptoms, previous health problems, when with vulnerable people or at hospitals or health centres, but has so far ruled out making them mandatory.

Madrid

The Madrid regional government has taken the most nakedly political approach and accused the Ministry of Health of a “lack of planning” and ruled out mask mandates.

Castilla-La Mancha

In Castilla La Mancha, mask use is recommended but not obligatory.

Cantabria

Similarly, in Cantabria masks are not mandatory but recommended.

Navarra

Navarra’s Ministry of Health claims that mask mandates in hospitals and health centres would require “a regulatory adjustment” that would have to be analysed “in depth.”

Masks are therefore recommended but not mandatory for now.

Galicia

In Galicia, masks are recommended in hospitals and other health centres but not mandatory.

La Rioja

Maks in hospitals are only recommended, not obligatory.

Extremadura 

Masks are recommended but not mandatory.

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