The Minister of National Education received a first dose of anti-Covid vaccine this Saturday April 24. Jean-Michel Blanquer, 56, was vaccinated at the Masséna fire station in Paris, he said on Twitter.
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He was injected with the vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca. A choice that is not trivial since the government is striving to reassure the French about this product, decried for several weeks. AstraZeneca suffers from a bad reputation after many delivery delays and especially concerns about its side effects. The European Medicines Agency recognized in early April a link between this product and cases of thrombosis (blood problem) but in addition “very rare” occurrences. The health authority stressed that the benefits of the vaccine continue to outweigh the risks. However, the confidence of the French has eroded. So that some caregivers threw away doses for lack of volunteers.
Several other members of the government received a first dose of vaccine against the coronavirus, such as the Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, and the Prime Minister, Jean Castex.
