The highs are higher, the lows lower. Slate is covering the stories that matter to you. A daily email update of the stories you need to read right now. If the virus finds a way to overcome current vaccines, Gibraltar is the perfect battlefield. We must also thank the UK Government for their support in supplying Gibraltar with the vaccine to allow our vaccination programme to continue at pace.”, Contact us | Privacy | Cookie Policy | | Sitemap, © 2021 HM Government of Gibraltar | Disclaimer, International Civil Aviation Organisation, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Gambling Commisioners advice to compaints, Development & Planning Commission Meetings, Eastside Gibraltar Environmental Statement, Ministerial & Parliamentary Allowances 2016, Government Traveling Expenses Subtopic 2012, Ministerial Official Car Use Subtopics 2012, Transport, Traffic and Technical Services. Most people in Gibraltar aged 50 and over have now either been vaccinated or had an appointment made for this week. Gibraltar Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline. In small places, the highs tend to be higher, the lows lower. CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen shares how to plan for taking care of ourselves and our loved ones as more people get vaccinated. The latest information was released as Gibraltar continued apace with its vaccination program. Boneheads who mocked masks and distancing on social media suddenly fell quiet. Travellers should keep an eye on their valuables. LONDON — Gibraltar is within days of winning Europe’s vaccine race. Check out the practical question and answer section below, where you will surely find answers to any of the questions you may have before leaving for this magical place. 2. As at close of play on Sunday 21st January, 17,826 people had received a first dose of the vaccine with 12,606 having also received a second dose and therefore being fully vaccinated. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. A total of 69 casualties to the … During the whole of 2020, Gibraltar lost only 7 people to COVID-19. A single COVID vaccine can easily be the difference between life and death. Gibraltar has become the 'first nation in the world' to fully vaccinate its entire adult population Credit: AP. Thanks for signing up! The COVID ward of St. Bernard’s Hospital has seen two hospitalizations and zero deaths since March 14. Why did we of all people enjoy the luxury of enough jabs to protect even nonresidents? Only 3.5% have so far rejected the vaccine. Many of the most vulnerable people in most parts of the world are still desperately waiting to be protected, while my current homeland somehow had enough to vaccinate all the thirtysomething yuppies from gambling companies, shouting their boozy odes to Friday night under my terrace as I write this text. In small places, everything is amplified. Gibraltar appears to be well on its way back to normal life, for the country's coronavirus cases dropped to 0 after the entire population's vaccination. Fear became palpable. The population estimates we use to calculate per-capita metrics are all based on the last revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects. Each day, about 15,000 Spanish workers cross the border to Gibraltar, where well-paid jobs are abundant but affordable housing scarce. The winter was a crash course in exponential growth. In Europe, Gibraltar offers glimpse of post-pandemic life. The rest of the world scrambles to get every available dose of the vaccine. Our vaccination dataset uses the most recent official numbers from governments and health ministries worldwide. Gibraltar has now gone two weeks without recording a case and nearly a month without a death. A tough lockdown eventually brought the situation under control, but the damage had already been done. Then soon came another, and another. We soon found out that the last thing we would ever need was a car. Around 95 percent of the Gibraltar population has received their first vaccine with all elderly groups given their two jabs. The breakdown of the doses delivered so far are as follows: Minister for Health, the Hon Samantha Sacramento, said: “On behalf of the Government of Gibraltar I would like to pay tribute to everyone involved in the GHA’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The bars here are packed again. The government, however, didn’t dare to deprive businesses of the most lucrative sales period in what has already been a tough year. The countries that have a positive rate below 3% are shown in shades of blue. In my books, that’s as high as it gets. Perhaps this is too harsh. As the programme now … Elena Kagan Has Had Enough of Brett Kavanaugh’s Judicial “Scorekeeping”, The Key Details That Have Emerged About Bill and Melinda Gates’ “Irretrievably Broken” Marriage, The Republican Excuses for Why They Won’t Investigate Jan. 6, How a Controversy Over (Alleged) Dinners at Amy Chua’s House Caused a Meltdown at Yale Law. Your first month is only $1. Gibraltar has issued vaccination cards to people who get their second shot. Despite overwhelming optimism, it would be wise to remember Bob Dylan’s “the first one now will later be last.” Whatever the limits of vaccine protection, chances are we’ll know it first, as several factors make Gibraltar the ultimate COVID challenge: constant influx of workers from Spain and travelers from Britain, extraordinary density of population, and also growing complacency. Gibraltar began rolling out its vaccination programme on January 9 using the Pfizer vaccine and by Sunday night had administered 5,847 doses—covering around 17 percent of … In Gibraltar, from 3 January 2020 to 5:15pm CEST, 10 May 2021, there have been 4,286 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 94 deaths, reported to WHO. Send me updates about Slate special offers. A further supply of 12,870 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine is expected to arrive in Gibraltar from the UK on an RAF flight this Wednesday which will allow us to maintain this increased rate of vaccination. Our city-state now looks almost as if the pandemic was just a bad dream. I relocated here with my family in 2019. In this time over 30,000 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine have now been administered in Gibraltar. By the end of March, Gibraltar is on track to have completely vaccinated all residents over 16 and its vast imported workforce, Health Minister Samantha Sacramento told The Associated Press. As of 7 May 2021, a total of 73,476 vaccine doses have been administered. Today I’m in the safest place on Earth—and my home hasn’t moved an inch. Walking to my office takes 8 minutes; 10 to my son’s school; 12 to the hospital; 20 to the airport. It's now at 94, on par with the highest per capita rates in Europe. Gibraltar <1% of peak. There’s one single main street aptly named Main Street. Yes, some vaccines are recommended or required for Gibraltar. Countries don’t get much smaller than Gibraltar. Gibraltar’s per capita death toll soared to the very top of the global ranking, where it remained until the last week of April. This coming week will see an increase in the average number of vaccines being given per day with both the vaccination units at St Bernard’s Hospital and at the former Primary Care Centre in the ICC operating at maximum capacity. The government of Gibraltar has confirmed that as of 27 January, 11,073 people have received their first dose of the vaccine, and of those, six have since died. Local media and Government only talk of “coincidence” or a resurgence of Covid that “coincided” with the vaccines. By 26 January 11,073 had been vaccinated, corresponding to 33.8% of the population. Hence the relationship between vaccine roll-out and death is clearer than anywhere else on the Planet. I did nothing wrong. CUT. In this time over 30,000 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine have now been administered in Gibraltar. That's over 40,000 people. This equates to over 50% of the eligible population in Gibraltar now being vaccinated. Life in Gibraltar seems pretty ordinary these days. Nonessential shops have been opened since mid-February, followed by schools one week later and finally restaurants and bars at the beginning of March. Infections were kept at bay, casualties remained in single digits. The vaccination rate there has been hampered by the chaos engulfing the decision by Brussels to order supplies for all 27 member states and delays in vaccines being delivered. Watching the first COVID wave roll over Spain in March 2020, we knew it was only a matter of time before it struck us too. It is also vaccinating Spaniards who work on the Rock. The registration was simple and inoculations moved at a blistering pace. No further key worker groups will be prioritised as we are able to progress quickly with vaccinating everyone now. The vaccination strategy continues to work down through the age groups. However 5,847 vaccine doses had been administered, corresponding to 17.3% of the population. Those that have a positive rate higher than 3% are shown in shades of orange and red. Hospitalizations and deaths soon followed. As a result, among those now protected by UK-supplied jabs in Gibraltar are those who travel from Spain to work in the outpost's care sector. (This is why Gibraltar confusingly has a 106.7 percent vaccination rate.) Several thousand cross-border workers from Spain got vaccinated, too. Estate manager Sarah Azopardi, having coffee with a group of friends, praised the vaccination strategy that has allowed Gibraltar to relax restrictions sooner than in many other countries. When it happened, the government was ready and handled things better than most, right until the end of the year. ... whether they are approaching or past peak infection rates, or if they are seeing a resurgence of infections or deaths. Authorities didn’t leave anything to chance this time. We encountered an issue signing you up. 209024 Gibraltar , Lead Gibraltar , Gibraltar COVID-19 , … As the holiday season approached, COVID cases gradually increased to the point when I didn’t want to send my son to school anymore. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. Perhaps that’s what this tiny city under the Rock is meant to be—mankind’s canary in the mine, a sentry destined to weather the first attack. And yes, that guy we sometimes meet in the supermarket is indeed the chief minister. This Covid-19 vaccination chart shows a steadily growing Covid-19 … With the arguable exception of the even smaller Vatican City, Gibraltar became and to this day still remains the only fully vaccinated country in the world. Following a successful first week of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Gibraltar, the UK has confirmed the arrival dates for the next supplies. A strict spring lockdown was followed by a relaxed summer and reasonably controlled autumn. My septuagenarian mother back in Czech Republic is still waiting for her second round. Gibraltar actually now tops three World Tables: Death Rate, vaccination rate, and speed of vaccine roll-out. All contents © 2021 The Slate Group LLC. People no longer have to wear masks in the territory, where 85 percent have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The vulnerability may also have been increased by a flu vaccination campaign this winter, the most intense in Gibraltar’s history. Examples can be seen (here, ().“Gibraltar is 2.6 square miles in size. Gibraltar went from 60 active infections in mid-December to more than 1,200 just three weeks later. Some of us also feel a bit strange, though. All rights reserved. Gibraltar started vaccinating on 10 January, and on that day reported that there had been a … Anyone who sneezed was ushered to a COVID swab, resulting in the highest number of tests per capita in the world. How to wear masks. MEDICS in Gibraltar have now given Covid vaccines to nearly 40 per cent of residents - compared to just four per cent in neighbouring Spain. Delivering over 30,000 vaccines in just six weeks is nothing short of remarkable. If anyone still needs convincing that vaccination is worth it, they won’t find a better case study than “Gib.” Forget about the light at the end of the tunnel. A total of 30,432 doses of the vaccine have now been given in Gibraltar. Technically it’s not even a country, but rather a British “overseas territory,” albeit a proud one. "When we were at our worst place, the vaccines arrived, and that was the beginning of getting us to a good place," Health Minister Samantha Sacramento tells Axios. Watching how badly Europe and United States got hit, we felt blessed. Thanks to jab supplies flown in by the RAF, Gibraltar has so far inoculated well over a third of its 33,700 residents.

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