Spain will abolish value-added tax on the sale of Covid-19
vaccines and tests until the end of 2022, in accordance with the newly-reached
European Union agreements, a senior official said
Spain will abolish
value-added tax (VAT) on the sale of COVID-19
vaccines and tests until the end of 2022, in accordance with the
newly-reached European Union agreements, a senior official said Wednesday.
In Spain COVID-19
vaccinations will be free for citizens and administered by the public health
system, Spain's
Finance Minister and Government Spokesperson Maria Jesus Montero told the press
after the weekly cabinet meeting.
The decision, she
explained, is in line with EU guidelines issued on Monday requiring member
states to modify VAT rates to zero or reduce the rates "temporarily."
Meanwhile, Spanish
Health Minister Salvador Illa explained that Spain will kick off vaccination in
January, aiming to cover a large percentage of the population by May.
On Tuesday the
ministry reported 9,773 new COVID-19 infections with 373 deaths over the
previous 48 hours, taking the total count to 1,712,101 with 47,019 deaths.
It was the first
time since August that the 14-day cumulative number of cases per 100,000
inhabitants had fallen below 200.
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