“I didn’t feel anything, you were wonderful.” The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, received, Monday, February 8, at the Melun hospital center (Seine-et-Marne), a first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19. The AstraZeneca vaccine, approved last week by the French health authorities, should be used to vaccinate all caregivers, including those under the age of 50 such as Olivier Véran, a neurologist by training.
Olivier Véran specified that 270,000 doses of this vaccine have already arrived in France and that some 300,000 additional are expected “within two days”. “From now on, it will have to deposit”, he said, hoping to be able, “within 15 days, vaccinate all caregivers, firefighters and home helpers”.
Asked about the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine on the variant spotted in South Africa, alorI know the publication of a study reveals effective “limited” against him, he replied that this variant was very little present on French territory. “At this stage, given the level of scientific and medical information available to Europe, at least 99% of the viruses circulating on our territory do not correspond to an African variant”, specified the Minister of Health. “So the protection by AstraZeneca makes it possible to protect against almost all the viruses which are in circulation”, said Olivier Véran.
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– Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) February 8, 2021
Until now, the Minister of Health refused any communication operation around his vaccination. On December 29, 2020, he declared, on the set of France 2, not to want “take the place of someone who has more priority “ than him. Given his age, 40, he had explained that he was “low risk” to develop a severe form of the disease. “If I were to get vaccinated in front of the cameras, the more resistant among us would say that this is not the vaccine that I was given. Others would say that I took the place of a fragile person “, added the minister. He has probably changed his mind since the AstraZeneca vaccine is authorized in France, but for those under 65.
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