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This Friday, March 5, a decree published in the Official Journal authorizes many health professionals to administer vaccines against the coronavirus.
Possibility to vaccinate today
The government is banking on a vaccine-based strategy to stem the spread of the virus and hope for a return to “Normal“ by mid-April. For this, a decree published today in the Official newspaper authorizes healthcare professionals to administer vaccines today. However, the vaccine is only accessible to people over 75, over 50 suffering from comorbidities (obesity, diabetes, etc.) The decree specifies that pharmacists can “Prescribe vaccines to anyone except those with a hemostasis disorder and pregnant women”. The latter can be taken care of by midwives, who can also prescribe a vaccine to “the entourage” of parturients and newborns. “Pharmacies and midwives can vaccinate since today (…) with AstraZeneca vaccines, which are available“, explained the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, Friday on RMC and BFMTV. The president of the Union of dispensing pharmacists’ unions told the daily Le Monde “We are going to organize a mini-training session on Sunday with all the pharmacists, to find out how to take doses. Which requires some precautions. To establish the criteria for selecting patients. If we can start this Monday, that does not pose any problems to us “.