New boost for vaccination against Covid-19.
With a few days ahead of the initial schedule, vaccination is now open since Monday to all French people over the age of 50, as Emmanuel Macron announced last Thursday.
In addition, from Wednesday, injections will be available to people over 18 when a time slot will be available the day before for the next day on appointment booking platforms such as Doctolib.
The government's objective is still to stay the course of 30 million people vaccinated by mid-June, hence this new boost.
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Why the government can believe it
The fact remains that these vaccinations for people over 50 years of age risk being slowed down due to the mistrust of part of the population with regard to the AstraZeneca vaccine when 25% of the doses received could not be injected.
The unknown AstraZeneca
Jean Castex even stepped up to the plate on Saturday to promote this vaccine by recalling the absence of "danger" linked to the Anglo-Swedish serum for those over 55 years old by calling on the population to be "vaccinated with all vaccines, in particular with the AstraZeneca ”.
Only nine deaths from thrombosis were recorded out of 3.8 million injected doses.
The approach of public holidays and upcoming bridges or vacations could also delay this vaccination plan.
Concretely, people who wish to be vaccinated must make an appointment on booking platforms such as Doctolib.
You just have to enter your age and select a vaccination center or a pharmacy to find a niche.
For those over 18, the calendar is also advanced.
From Wednesday, May 12, they will be able to reserve a slot that has remained vacant the day before for the next day.
This corresponds to 20,000 doses available each day according to the creators of the Chronodose application, which will identify these appointments to be entered.
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