The vaccination campaign will be extended. Anyone over 18 can receive a dose from the end of the month. The professionals most exposed to the virus can make an appointment now to have the serum injected on Monday.
The vaccination campaign is progressing faster than expected. At this time, anyone over the age of 55 can receive a dose. Younger children can also get the serum injected if there are unassigned doses left in some vaccination centers.
In a few days, these criteria will change. Vaccination will be extended to all adults from May 31. The date was therefore advanced by the government. And some may even receive a dose before depending on the professional activity. From Monday, vaccination is open to the professions most exposed to the virus. It is moreover possible to make an appointment now. Thus, more than 7 million professionals will be able to benefit from this anticipated mechanism.
Here is the list of trades considered to be professions most exposed to the virus:
- Teachers from schools, colleges, high schools.
- The regional staff specializing in nursery schools (ATSEM).
- The agents in contact with students in school, college, high school, universities (dont extracurricular agents and school catering agents).
- The accompanying persons with disabilities (AESH).
- The early childhood professionals (including childminders)
Family assistants. - The youth legal protection professionals.
- The child protection professionals.
- The emergency accommodation professionals.
- The national and municipal police.
- The gendarmes.
- The guard and security officers.
- The prison supervisors and staff from the integration and probation services.
- The soldiers in sentinel operation.
- The customs officers of the surveillance branch.
- The bus drivers.
- The personnel on board the ferry and river shuttle.
- The drivers, letter carriers and deliverers on short distance.
- The road drivers.
- The taxi and VTC drivers.
- The public transport controllers.
- The cleaning and maintenance agents.
- The waste collection agents, garbage collectors, waste sorting center agents, treatment center employees and sewer workers.
- The operators of drinking water and wastewater treatment plants and maintenance workers of drinking water and sanitation networks.
- Employees and business managers of food stores: cashiers, employees self-service, food vendors including butchers, butchers, caterers, bakers, pastry chefs.
- The tobacconists.
- The employees and business leaders in the hotels, cafes and restaurants sector.
- Collective catering staff.
- The funeral and mortuary service professionals.
- The unskilled workers in the food industry (dont wholesalers).
- The staff of slaughterhouses and meat processing companies.
- The veterinary public health inspectors.
- The labor inspection control officers.
- Employees ofevent.
- The employees and teachers of sports halls.
- The seafarers and maritime and airline company personnel traveling to countries at risk.
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