They were among the most absent from the vaccination campaign: teachers will be able to benefit from doses of the Covid-19 vaccine "from next week", with a very slight advance on the date announced until then.
Doses could be made available to teachers, teachers, childminders "from next week", announces Prime Minister Jean Castex in images relayed by BFMTV.
The spectrum of beneficiaries will initially be limited.
In Lyon, the vaccination center at the Palais des Sports in Gerland now performs more than 14,000 injections per week.
The mobilization continues and grows: thank you to all those who join forces on the ground.
We accelerate!
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“We will no doubt begin next week to vaccinate teaching staff, ATSEMs (NLDR: Territorial agents specializing in nursery schools) and other staff from the educational community over the age of 50 who are in contact with children in a situation of handicap ”, specified the head of government this Saturday, during a trip to the vaccination center of the Palais des sports de Gerland, in Lyon (Rhône).
No "variable geometry vaccine policy"
About 80,000 educational professionals work in contact with disabled children, according to figures put forward this week by government spokesman Gabriel Attal.
According to our information, Matignon is currently identifying those among them who are at least 50 years old, and is working to provide concrete details on the vaccination course for next week.
There is no question of favoring one territory over another: “These priorities, set by the State, must be the same everywhere on the national territory.
There can therefore be no vaccine policy with variable geometry according to the municipalities, "said Matignon, who prides herself on a campaign progressing" at a very good pace "with 10 million people already vaccinated," that is to say a week before the date. planned ”.
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Vaccinating teachers and teachers of disabled children is therefore the first step in the vaccination of teachers.
"We will then deploy gradually, but there is no question of suddenly changing our vaccine strategy," warns Jean Castex.
It would have no basis.
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The vaccination of this professional category promises to be progressive.
"The expansion to other categories of personnel will be done when the time comes, in the next two months, always relying on a medical logic linked to risk factors", specifies Matignon to "Parisien".
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The figures and deadlines have varied in recent weeks according to ministers who announced the vaccination of teachers.
On April 1, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran recalled that several tens of thousands of them could be vaccinated from the end of April.
He had not set an age limit at the time.
