The Prime Minister wants to motivate the troops, fearing that the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus will suffer slowdowns.
This Friday, Jean Castex, traveling to a vaccination center in Auch, in the Gers, urged the French to "hold on" to the health front before the arrival of "many doses in June" and the imminent crossing of the threshold of 20 million vaccinated.
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"We must hold on, we will have a lot of doses in June, so new centers", underlined the head of government, from his native department.
"That people do not hesitate to be vaccinated on their holiday resort", also insisted the Prime Minister, while on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health invited the French to "adapt" this summer, by s' striving to make their dates of departure on vacation and their Covid-19 vaccination appointments compatible.
Soon 20 million vaccinated
France is very close to crossing the 20 million mark for the first injections this weekend in mid-May, despite the disaffection with the AstraZeneca. According to figures released Thursday evening, 19,269,311 people received at least one injection and 8,544,122 people received two injections (12.8% of the total population and 16.3% of the adult population). “The lower the incidence rate, the more effective the screening. So we must continue all the more, ”the head of government also welcomed, while all epidemiological indicators have been declining since the beginning of the month.
Jean Castex, who is accompanied in the Gers by the Minister of Agriculture Julien Denormandie, must then go in the morning to a site to widen the national RN 124 in Gimont. In the afternoon, he has to visit farmers on a farm in Sainte-Christie, before unveiling a plaque in honor of his grandfather Marc, in his hometown of Vic-Fezensac.