Spains Defense Ministry is launching an internal inquiry to find out if the military top brass dodged coronavirus vaccine protocols by receiving a jab before their turn.
El Confidencial Digital, an online news site, first reported that Chief of Staff Gen. Miguel ngel Villarroya and several other high-ranking officers in Spains Armed Forces had recently received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
In Spain, top government and other officials have not been granted preferential access to the vaccine unlike other European countries where they were among the first to get the jab, to encourage members of the public to follow suit.
Nursing home residents and staff, as well as first-line health workers, are currently receiving jabs as priority groups in the national vaccination plan. The rollout is suffering delays due to a shortage of deliveries by Pfizer-BioNTech, currently the main supplier of vaccines.
The Health Ministry announced this week that the next group will be those above 80…