Woman turning up for vaccine in mule-drawn cart goes viral

A PICTURE of a woman turning up for her Covid vaccine in the Huelva-province village of Lepe has gone viral due to her unusual mode of transport – or rather, a mode that was once very typical, but has not now been seen in most parts for generations.

Several hundred people were summoned on Sunday to the vaccine point in Lepe, including a woman from the Valdepegas urbanisation who took herself to the venue in a cart drawn by mule.

A number of patients took photos of her in the vehicle queue, where everyone else was in their car.

Many were vaccinated through the windows of their cars, and others on foot after parking, and the woman with the mule was one of those who did not alight from her vehicle.

The nurse stood on the side of the cart to be able to reach her.

Those present commented on how calm and well-trained the mule was – totally unfazed by the 'traffic' queue or the unusualness of the situation, and not apparently bothered about having to wait around.

Up to and including Saturday – the day before the woman in the mule-drawn cart had her jab – the region of Andalucía had administered a total of 6,498,033 vaccine doses, of which 25,648 in the previous 24 hours, using up 97.5% of the doses it had available.

Before Sunday, a total of 4,167,764 residents in Andalucía had had at least their first dose, and among these, 2,520,571 residents had had both doses.

In the province of Huelva, by the end of Saturday, 394,417 doses had been given out, and 155,614 residents had been fully immunised.