While the government faces many criticisms about the very modest number of vaccines administered in France, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran organized a meeting with the bosses of the various regional health agencies this Sunday, January 3, 2021, promising to increase the pace.
Government criticized for slow vaccination campaign
Started in France on Sunday, December 27, 2020, the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 deployed by the government faces many criticisms. Indeed, on January 1, 2021, only a few hundred residents of nursing homes (516 according to the Ministry of Health) had been vaccinated on French territory against thousands in neighboring countries (around 200,000 in Germany and 800,000 in the United Kingdom). -United).
According to Prof. Bruno Megarbane, head of the medical and toxicological intensive care unit at Lariboisière hospital (AP-HP), “ we cannot consider staying on this pace. Calculations suggest that it would take 3,000 years to be vaccinated He explained Sunday on BFMTV.
Strongly criticized for the very modest number of vaccines administered in France, the government met this Sunday, January 3, 2021 in order to change the vaccination schedule and accelerate the pace. In Le Parisien published on Sunday, government spokesman Gabriel Attal also announced an acceleration in the arrival of doses each week and a strengthening of the means to transfer them to nursing homes.
The vaccination schedule is changing to accelerate the pace
This Sunday, January 3, 2021, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran organized a meeting with the bosses of the various regional health agencies in order to change the vaccination schedule and speed up the pace. While the second phase of the vaccination was to start from late February-early March 2021, it has finally been brought forward. From this Monday, January 4, 2021, health professionals at least 50 years old or with risk factors will be able to be vaccinated against Covid-19. “ For the first phase, (…) it is the vaccines that are sent to our elders, not the other way around Pleaded Gabriel Attal.
As for the second part of this phase 2 as it was initially planned, it will begin “ before the beginning of February As announced by the Minister of Health on December 31st. It will concern those over 75 and then over 65. To do this, Olivier Véran announced the creation of vaccination centers in town, which he describes as such: “ they will not be giant vaccinodromes requiring kilometers of travel but, in the long term, places in close proximity in our municipalities “.
Finally, with regard to the last phase of the vaccination campaign which concerns the general population, it should start in the spring as initially planned. Indeed, the government does not foresee any changes for the moment: ” it is too early to decide if necessary », We indicate from a government source.
