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Where is France on the anti-Covid vaccination front?
According to the CovidTracker site, as of December 30, only 332 people had been vaccinated in France, or 0.0005% of the population. However, it would be necessary to reach 60% to hope to obtain collective immunity. The government has set a target to immunize one million people by the end of January. To do this, 31,240 people would need to be vaccinated per day. By comparison, 944,000 people have already received an injection against Covid-19 in the United Kingdom, 131,000 people in Germany, 148,000 in Italy and Israel, the most advanced country, has already vaccinated 9.18% of its population.
Why such slowness?
The vaccines are there. France already has 500,000 doses, said yesterday on TF1 lgovernment spokesperson Gabriel Attal. So why wait? The National Consultative Ethics Council asks that each person vaccinated has given informed consent, following a medical examination
, replied Thursday the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran. The people in charge of the nursing homes asked us for a little time to organize everything in good safety conditions.
, he added.
Should we accelerate?
On Wednesday, geneticist Axel Kahn, president of the National Cancer League, lamented the strategy very small steps
government, claiming enthusiasm
in communication to convince vaccine-skeptics. On Thursday, the National Academy of Medicine itself lamented precautions excessive
and called for simplifying and accelerating the vaccination campaign. Message heard five out of five by Emmanuel Macron. I won’t let unwarranted slowness take hold for the wrong reasons
, said the head of state during his greetings to the French on Thursday evening.
What has the government decided?
Finally, caregivers over 50 will be able to be vaccinated on Monday, one month earlier than expected, announced Olivier Véran. The Nice University Hospital and the Nancy University Hospital have taken the lead. Vaccination is due to start Monday at around thirty other pilot sites in the Grand Est. Olivier Véran also announced the opening of first vaccination centers
a wild before the beginning of February ”.
Until now, the government had ruled out this device, put in place during the H1N1 flu epidemic at the end of 2009, favoring vaccination by family doctors.
Will France review its strategy?
Apart from these adjustments, the government does not intend to deviate from its course. We do not judge the success of a vaccination campaign that will last six months, a few days, a few first days
, pinged Gabriel Attal yesterday. Emmanuel Macron does not wish to leave person playing with safety and the right conditions, supervised by our scientists and our doctors, in which the vaccination must be done
. No question therefore, as claimed by Djillali Annane, head of the intensive care unit of the Raymond Poincaré hospital in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine) to cancel the pre-vaccination visit.
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