The Interterritorial Council will decide on the vaccination of the national team

The Interterritorial Health Council will be this Wednesday whoever decides whether to vaccinate the Spanish soccer team, as requested by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, after the Public Health Commission has avoided ruling on the matter on Tuesday.

A] Yes is on the agenda of the Interterritorial Council, which in addition to the vaccination of the soccer team will discuss the latest Health document that eliminates restrictions on the hotel industry and allows the opening of nightlife at a medium risk level, thus rectifying measures that were published three days ago in the BOE but which provoked the rejection of several communities and the National Court, in the case of Madrid.

With six days to go before Spain's debut in the Eurocup, the Public Health Commission chose this Tuesday not to comment on the matter, despite having it on the agenda, considering that it is not within its competence.

From Culture, the minister Jose Manuel Rodriguez Uribes He called for the vaccination of the national team as something “exceptional” and because it is a great event. “We are not vaccinating footballers, we are vaccinating the Spanish team,” he said.

However, when the Public Health Commission understands that it is not within its competence, the decision now passes to the Interterritorial, in which the Ministry of Health and the autonomous communities are represented.

The proposal will be put on the table again this Wednesday after Sergio Busquets, captain of the Spanish team, was forced to leave the Las Rozas camp on Sunday after testing positive for coronavirus.

Immediately the rest of the team -23 players and the coaching staff- who remained concentrated in the Ciudad de Fútbol de Las Rozas were isolated. All of them were negative in diagnostic tests.