Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday that vaccination against Covid-19 would not be compulsory and that the campaign, "rapid and massive", would begin "from the end of December, beginning of January" for "the most fragile people".
"I want to be clear I will not make vaccination compulsory," he said in a televised address, wishing that this new step in the fight against the pandemic be done "in a clear, transparent way, by sharing with every step, all the information, what we know, like what we don't know ”.
"Some (vaccines) will be available from the end of December, beginning of January, and a second generation will arrive in the spring", also indicated Emmanuel Macron, assuring that France, with the European Union, had "secured (ed) the number of doses ”required.
“The first vaccines, subject to the results of clinical trials, can be administered as soon as the competent health authorities have been validated […] We will probably start at the end of December, beginning of January, subject to validation by the health authorities, by vaccinating the most vulnerable people. more fragile and therefore the oldest, ”he said.
To "guarantee health security, a scientific committee will be responsible for monitoring vaccination, a group of citizens will also be set up to involve the population more broadly", he added.