"This is the most important event that WiZink will host in its history. We are

more excited than before the U2 concert

."

With these words, and mixing forcefulness and optimism, Manolo Saucedo, general director of the WiZink Center, reflected yesterday on the challenge he faces these days.

He did not remember any act where he had given himself more to his organization.

That is why he added: "A U2 concert changes life momentarily, the experience of a few hours ... But

this vaccination

ion will change your life and future

to many people. "Through gate 57, on Jorge Juan Street, tens of thousands of Madrid residents will enter this venue in search of their long-awaited vaccine. Everything is already planned. They were in charge of this yesterday morning, the 40 or so workers who finalized the details to turn the WiZink into

the third mass immunization center in Madrid

, the first within the M-30.A work against the clock since Monday afternoon Health gave the green light to the sketches.

Chairs and tables in place, luminous screens installed, computers ready to use ... "We are used to handling large crowds, the full WiZink is 17,400 people. For us, to organize this vaccination, in which they will spend

several thousand people a day, it is not a very big complication

", highlighted Saucedo, who chose the south wing to" be able to isolate itself from the rest of the enclosure. "In total,

4,000 square meters

-of the 84,000 available- will be allocated to this mission, whose layout has been designed both by Health and by the site itself.

As soon as you enter, a counter will receive the summoned Madrilenians.

After verifying your appointment,

they will be assigned a number and they can sit and wait

his turn in one of the about 100 seats placed on the lower floor, distributed in a long row of three and in the vomitories.

Lesson learned from Zendal and Wanda

"We have made an effort to avoid, as far as possible, queues,

setting up a very large waiting room

(about 200 chairs in total).

A very hot time is coming, so we will try to reduce the external queues.

We have learned from what has been done at Zendal and Wanda and we will apply it, "explained Saucedo.

One of the WiZink waiting rooms.

J. BARBANCHO

Users will be notified twice via the screens.

The first one is for them to go upstairs, where there is also a waiting room prior to the vaccination points.

The second, to be pricked.

The objective:

streamline the process and avoid wasted time

.

"Every second is gold", they say from the WiZink, detailing how they have had to tear down a wall and place a double door, to facilitate the passage of people

in less than 24 hours

The aforementioned will go two by two to long tables where two nurses will wait for them, who will load and deliver their doses.

At his side there will also be administrative employees, who by means of a computer and a printer will deliver the corresponding reports to those already vaccinated.

This device, organized along a long corridor, is oriented to power

double and triple immunization tables

from one day to the next if the situation requires it.

Between 5,000 and 6,000 vaccinated daily

But, far from being future, the idea is to start vaccinating between 5,000 and 6,000 people from Madrid a day, something similar to the figures from the Metropolitan Wanda.

It will premiere tomorrow Friday the

general population between 60 and 65 years

, who will be injected with AstraZeneca in morning and afternoon shifts, Monday through Sunday.

For everything to work properly Health will deploy

between 45 and 50 professionals every day

(nurses, orderlies, technicians ...), as confirmed to this newspaper by the Ministry itself, all while the WiZink continues trying to wake up from the lethargy of the pandemic, carrying out the activities already programmed.

In fact, this Saturday

three events will be simultaneous

: vaccination, a Madrid Fashion Week parade (in the Goya lobby) and World Padel Tour (in the central court). "It is a multipurpose venue, with enormous capacities in the heart of Madrid ... When it acquires its true dimensions

when it is able to host different activities together

, as is this case, "concludes Saucedo.

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