Record snowfall hampers Spain’s efforts to distribute vaccine

A plough clears snow in central Madrid (Manu Fernandez/AP)

Spain’s rollout of the coronavirus vaccine is being hampered by a 50-year record snowfall that paralysed large parts of the central part of the country over the weekend.

With a sharp drop in temperatures on Monday and frost freezing much of the snow, which reached more than 20 inches in some urban areas, authorities are calling on people to avoid all but essential trips out of their homes.