Araceli Hidalgo,the 96 year-old Los Olmos nursing home resident, who was Spain's first person to get the COVID-19 vaccine on December 27, receives a second dose of the vaccine which will make her the first immune person to the virus in the country, in Guadalajara, Spain, January 18, 2021. Castilla la Mancha Government/Handout via Reuters
MADRID (Reuters) - Faced with new record infection rates, Spain has begun giving second shots of coronavirus vaccines to elderly nursing home residents, while a court in Seville ruled on Monday that one home could inoculate a resident against her family's wishes.
Like many other countries, Spain is racing to vaccinate in care homes to prevent a repeat of the epidemic's first wave, which killed some 20,000 residents between March and May, according to preliminary data reported by El Pais newspaper.
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