"I am once again making a solemn appeal to caregivers to be vaccinated", launches Olivier Véran on BFMTV.
“They cannot be less vaccinated than the general population.
60% of French adults have already received an injection.
And there are less than 60% of caregivers who work in nursing homes.
It is not justifiable, ”he adds.
Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) is considering compulsory vaccination for caregivers if vaccination coverage does not improve "by the end of summer" pic.twitter.com/BV4Tt1Coep
- BFMTV (@BFMTV) June 17, 2021
If the Minister of Health asks for consultation and awareness, he plans to make vaccination compulsory "by the end of the summer" for staff in nursing homes.
“I hope that we can move forward with this vaccination coverage in good understanding.
But we will only take the risk at the start of the school year, if there were to be a variant circulating or an epidemic resumption with the autumn conditions to expose fragile people in an establishment due to the fact that caregivers would have refused to be vaccinated.
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Read also70% of caregivers vaccinated against Covid-19: the reasons for this turnaround
More generally, the vaccination of caregivers has long been a concern for the executive since the start of the crisis.
But in recent weeks, a turnaround has been observed, since despite great reluctance at the start, they are now 70% to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
Many causes, logistical and psychological, can explain this rebound.
First, the mistrust of caregivers has been able to decline, as can be seen in the general population, as the vaccination campaign progresses and the injections carried out since the end of December.
