Further expand the vaccineable audience.
The Covid-19 vaccination campaign is now open to minors aged 16 and 17 with certain diseases that put them at "very high risk of serious form", according to instructions from the Ministry of Health published on Thursday.
They will be able to receive the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, the only one authorized at this stage for 16-17 year olds.
So far, the only minors to whom vaccination was open were those between the ages of 16 and 17 who were close to immunocompromised people.
Meet vaccination targets
More generally, the executive continues to ramp up vaccination in France.
The government has set itself the goal of reaching the 20 million mark for the first doses injected by May 15, then 30 million a month later.
As of Tuesday, 16.4 million people had received at least one dose and 7.3 million received two doses, since the start of vaccination last January.
To read also 20 million first-time vaccinated in mid-May then 30 million in mid-June?
Why the government can believe it
Above all, from May 15, the campaign will be officially open to everyone over 50, and to all adults on June 15.
For this, France expects more vials of the four vaccines authorized in May (4.5 million doses per week) and June (6.9 million weekly).
