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Instead of plates of Iberian ham and mojitos, in the VIP area of ​​the Wanda Metropolitano

there are

now

AstraZeneca syringes and jars

.

The same pandemic that turned everything upside down since its irruption in the Community of Madrid just a year ago has ended up transmuting the Atlético stadium into the first mass vaccination center against coronavirus in the region outside of a health center.

In front of the empty stands of spectators, local police officers, firefighters and members of Civil Protection have paraded since Thursday, who could see the grass of the field while receiving the puncture if the chairs in which they sit were turned 180 degrees.

In fact, crossing the immunization calendar with that of the La Liga de Fútbol, ​​it will happen that the inoculation to the security and emergency groups - to which the teachers will later be added -

overlaps with training and matches

of the rojiblanco team on the pitch.

At the moment, the only event that will momentarily interrupt the administration of vaccines at Wanda is the derby on March 7, in anticipation that dozens of Atlético and Real Madrid fans will congregate at the gates of a stadium where They cannot enter by Covid protocol, as confirmed by the regional government and the club itself, reports

Carlos Guisasola

.

Except for said parenthesis, it will function as a vaccination center from Monday to Sunday in the morning and afternoon and with the capacity

to put 10,000 doses a day

.

As EL MUNDO has learned, it was the owner of the sports entity, Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, who offered his facilities to the Community of Madrid altruistically on January 28.

"Enrique, the stadium is yours,"

he told Ruiz Escudero, as explained by the Health Minister's team, who is also a

confessed

mattress

maker.

Access through door 34

The entrance to the Wanda of the people who are being immunized there occurs through door number 34, with direct access to the VIP area

converted into a diaphanous and extensive nursing consultation

.

In the winches in which in pre-pandemic conditions the validity of the match tickets would be verified, the attendees are now affiliated to verify that they have previously been given a time appointment with Swiss clock precision although the waiting times be more lax.

Once inside, the

16 professionals from Summa 112 who vaccinate simultaneously

empty the contents of the syringes into the arms of the professionals, many of them dressed in uniforms, who then have to wait for about 15 minutes in a room in case of any problems. secondary effect.

In the first hours of the process, the only allergic reactions recorded were those of the Real Madrid fans who had to step on the Atlético stadium to achieve immunization, so this is understood in a figurative sense.

The plans of the Ministry of Health in view of the forecast of a massive vaccination in the month of April, as long as the expected vials arrive, go through

secondly enabling the WiZink Center

as an inoculation center outside the health network after the Wanda, Among its advantages, in addition to having all the required equipment, is the extensive parking area with 5,000 spaces inside and around the stadium.

Later, the Vistalegre Palace and the Las Rozas Soccer City could be activated.

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