Game, set and vaccine against COVID-19 on the Godó slopes

Game, set and match against COVID-19. Thus, the transformation that the Royal Tennis Club Barcelona has experienced this Friday to convert the headquarters of the Conde de Godó Trophy – Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell -canceled last year due to the pandemic and now scheduled for the week of April 17 to 25- at a coronavirus vaccination center. Shots and tennis, besides, literally.

People with reduced mobility from the Barcelona neighborhood of Pedralbes They have moved to this privileged location to, with the help of workers from the club itself, undergo the first dose of vaccine, thus avoiding having to travel to the primary care center and its consequent saturation. The RCT Barcelona Hall, an accessible, spacious and well ventilated space, has been the place chosen for the nursing staff of CAP Les Corts to carry out their work.

But the great draw for these people has been what came immediately after the vaccine. Send the protocol that they remain 15 minutes at the vaccination site before returning home, in case an adverse reaction arises. And, in this case, that wait has passed in the open air, in front of one of the tracks where the Godó is played, where some of the club's tennis partners practiced tennis matches. The second dose – or second set – is scheduled for March 26.

In addition to RCT Barcelona, Other sports facilities have been made available to the Ministry of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya in recent weeks in case their use as mass vaccination centers is necessary. Such is the case, for example, of the two main football stadiums in the community, the Camp Nou and the RCDE Stadium, headquarters of the Barcelona and Espanyol matches, respectively.