The mayor of Saint-Denis, Mathieu Hanotin, and the president of the department Stéphane Troussel, both socialists, call on Prime Minister Jean Castex to “
immediately extend
” the vaccination to school staff during the holidays, in a column published in the Sunday newspaper.
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Let us intelligently use these three or four weeks of closure of nurseries, schools, colleges and high schools to vaccinate their staff and give every opportunity to their reopening from April 26,
" write the two elected, who ask "
to expand without waiting for the vaccination in Seine-Saint-Denis
”.
"
The dose allocations for the Stade de France (which is to host a vaccination center this week) in April can accommodate early childhood professionals and schools in the department who wish to be vaccinated
", they underline .
After recalling that the incidence rate "
is now greater than 800
" in the department, particularly affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, they ask the government to apply there without waiting the "
specific vaccination strategy for the professions in the front line announced by the President of the Republic
”Wednesday evening in his speech.
Emmanuel Macron mentioned a "
specific strategy
" for "
all the most exposed professions, in particular our teachers, but also our police forces and several others
", but without giving a timetable.
“
Beyond schools, we also need to break the chains of contamination by offering vaccination to residents who have been on the front line since the start of the crisis,
” insist the two elected officials.