<p>A 96-year-old living in a care home in central Spain became the first person in the country to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on Sunday, in an event broadcast by national television.</p>.<p>She felt "nothing" from the shot, Araceli Rosario Hidalgo Sanchez said with a smile after being injected.</p>.<p>With her short white hair, the pensioner living in the Los Olmos retirement home in Guadalajara got up slowly after pulling on her black jacket and walked off using a frame for support.</p>.<p>Carer Monica Tapias followed as the second Spaniard to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.</p>.<p>"Araceli and Monica represent a new step full of hope today," Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tweeted.</p>.<p>The Los Olmos home was picked to kick off the country's inoculation campaign because it sits near a Pfizer storage depot, where vaccines were delivered from Belgium Saturday ahead of nationwide distribution.</p>.<p>No cases of Covid-19 have so far been detected among the staff or residents.</p>.<p>"It's a great source of pride and a great satisfaction for us, we're representing all the retirement homes in Spain," director Marina Vadillo said Thursday.</p>.<p>After the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last Monday, the way is open for injections across the 27-member bloc.</p>.<p>Spain aims to vaccinate up to 20 million people by June, with an initial target of 2.5 million by the end of February.</p>.<p>People at elevated risk or very exposed like care home residents and medical staff will be first in line.</p>.<p>Under EU deals, the country is lined up to receive 140 million doses, enough to vaccinate 80 million people -- almost twice the country's population.</p>.<p>Extra doses will go to "nearby countries that might need them", the health ministry said earlier this month.</p>.<p>One of the European countries hardest hit by the pandemic, Spain has recorded 1.8 million cases and almost 49,000 deaths.</p>
<p>A 96-year-old living in a care home in central Spain became the first person in the country to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on Sunday, in an event broadcast by national television.</p>.<p>She felt "nothing" from the shot, Araceli Rosario Hidalgo Sanchez said with a smile after being injected.</p>.<p>With her short white hair, the pensioner living in the Los Olmos retirement home in Guadalajara got up slowly after pulling on her black jacket and walked off using a frame for support.</p>.<p>Carer Monica Tapias followed as the second Spaniard to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.</p>.<p>"Araceli and Monica represent a new step full of hope today," Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tweeted.</p>.<p>The Los Olmos home was picked to kick off the country's inoculation campaign because it sits near a Pfizer storage depot, where vaccines were delivered from Belgium Saturday ahead of nationwide distribution.</p>.<p>No cases of Covid-19 have so far been detected among the staff or residents.</p>.<p>"It's a great source of pride and a great satisfaction for us, we're representing all the retirement homes in Spain," director Marina Vadillo said Thursday.</p>.<p>After the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last Monday, the way is open for injections across the 27-member bloc.</p>.<p>Spain aims to vaccinate up to 20 million people by June, with an initial target of 2.5 million by the end of February.</p>.<p>People at elevated risk or very exposed like care home residents and medical staff will be first in line.</p>.<p>Under EU deals, the country is lined up to receive 140 million doses, enough to vaccinate 80 million people -- almost twice the country's population.</p>.<p>Extra doses will go to "nearby countries that might need them", the health ministry said earlier this month.</p>.<p>One of the European countries hardest hit by the pandemic, Spain has recorded 1.8 million cases and almost 49,000 deaths.</p>