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Vaccine shortage hits Spanish inoculation

A shortage of vaccines forced Madrid’s regional government to suspend inoculation for two weeks, dealing a blow to Spain's efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Taking into account the delivery of vaccine doses from Pfizer, the Spanish government had decided to allocate shots to regions based on the needs of the population, but later changed the numbers as the pharma giant delivered less than expected doses. Madrid complained that it received only half of the scheduled doses. The national government had set an ambitious target of inoculating 70 per cent of its 47 million population