Here at Barcelona SAE, our #1 priority is to keep our students safe. Our Spring 2021 students have had a wonderful and unique experience here this semester getting to know the city of Barcelona better than most past students and are sadly heading home next week already.
We hope these bi-weekly health & safety updates will assist Summer and Fall 2021 students, their parents, and our sending institution partners to prepare for upcoming travel.
Here is the latest update regarding life in Barcelona and Spain in relation to COVID-19:
DAILY LIFE
There is some good news over here! Since the “4th wave” that some officials feared would come after Easter has not appeared, they are easing up on restrictions once again meaning that people will be free to travel throughout all of Catalonia as of Monday, April 26th.
Restaurants within shopping malls will also reopen.
THE NUMBERS
The situation is slowly improving in Catalonia: in the last 24 hours there have been 2021 new cases reported and 21 deaths, there are 2 fewer patients in the ER compared to the day before keeping the number below 500. This positive evolution in the numbers of patients in the ER over the previous weeks is what is most important to the decision to start easing restrictions.
The Reproduction rate is also decreasing and it’s below 1.0 again, sitting at 0.98 and the risk of outbreak has reduced by 25 points compared to the previous day; it’s now at 272 points.
You can learn more here.
VACCINATION UPDATE
As of today, 3,452,119 people have been fully vaccinated in Spain. The goal is to have 5 million vaccinated by May 3, 10 million by June 1, 14 million by June 14, 25 million by July 19, and 33 million (70% of the population) vaccinated by the end of August.
As of today 13,041,032 doses have been administered.
The European Medical Association has deemed the Janssen vaccine safe even while recognizing the possible link to 8 vary rare cases of blood clots.
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