UEFA considered the possibility of offering vaccination to all the teams that are going to participate in the Eurocup that opens this Friday, but lA ruled out given the different health situation in each of the countries and the priority in all of vaccinating the population groups at risk first.
“After a thorough analysis, UEFA came to the conclusion that it was not going to be possible from an ethical and organizational point of view, since the vaccination of priority groups is still considered a priority above all else and the progress and availability of vaccines for the entire population in all countries would not have been achieved by the time the start of the Eurocup, “he told EFE the organism.
Faced with this conclusion vaccination is not mandatory for participants and each of the 24 teams, depending on their situation in the health crisis, has made its own decision.
Unlike other editions, the competition is played this year in cities of eleven countries in Europe to commemorate the 60 anniversary of its creation and the health reality is different in each one of them.
For this there is teams that will come with part of their players and their coaching staff vaccinated and others such as Italy and Turkey, which this afternoon will face each other in the opening match in Rome, and Spain, whose members were vaccinated today, which will do so completely.
In France, for example, some footballers like Kylian Mbappé, have been able to get vaccinated by their own decision; in Poland the majority have done it during the previous concentration, in Russia some members of the team have also done it, as in Belgium, where the Government accepted the request of the Federation to give priority to the team although not all were vaccinated.
In others countries like Austria have ruled out general vaccination since the doctors of his selection did not want to risk of possible secondary effects and the selections of Denmark, Sweden and Finland ruled out it.
The positives for covid-19 registered this week in the national teams of Spain and Sweden They have generated disparity of opinions on the advisability of vaccination and also on the appropriateness of doing it now, days before starting to compete, due to the possible side effects.
This was one of the aspects that the Spanish coach referred to yesterday, Luis Enrique Martínez, after the Government accepted this Wednesday the request of the Spanish Federation (RFEF) to immunize the internationals.
Finally, three days after its premiere, after evaluating the situation of each player, today the internationals who have already overcome the coronavirus or received a first dose of Pfizer completed the two necessary and the rest received Jansenn as they were single doses and needed fewer days to reach maximum immunization.