"The vaccine is a chance, not a penalty", insisted Sunday evening the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, warning of the risk of a possible resurgence of the epidemic, in particular under the effect of this variant Delta which is gaining ground in many countries. “Asking a caregiver to get vaccinated is not pointing the finger at it,” said the minister, who attended a special edition of the Solidays music festival dedicated… to caregivers. It is a question of "asking them to go to the end of their commitment", while certain vaccines are already compulsory for them, recalled Olivier Véran. “I also say that this week, compared to the days of last week, each day the virus has increased by 30 to 40%. This means that we are at a low level of circulation of the virus, but we have not completely crushed the epidemic,and that we are paid to know that it can start again soon enough. "
The debate on the compulsory vaccination of caregivers against Covid-19 continued throughout the weekend and the executive will increase consultations over the coming days, especially around this issue. In a column in the Journal du Dimanche, 96 doctors, including heads of service who have become media figures of the pandemic, asked the government "to take the decision now to require vaccination" for any employee of an nursing home or nursing home. 'a hospital "(s') exposing or exposing the people for whom it is responsible to risks of contamination" to Covid-19. They want a measure "effective before the beginning of September" to "avoid a fourth wave", a fear reinforced by the rapid progression of the Delta variant, very contagious.
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The vaccination rate for caregivers peaks at 57% in nursing homes and 64% in hospitals, according to the French Hospital Federation (FHF). A level which "remains clearly insufficient", also explained in the JDD the "Mr. vaccine" of the government, Alain Fischer. And to conclude that "for these professionals, we have reached this point of last resort" of the obligation. Prime Minister Jean Castex is due to receive the leaders of Parliament and local elected officials next week to address, among other things, this issue. The government is working on a bill, a government source said on Thursday. The subject will undoubtedly also be discussed at the Elysee Palace, where Emmanuel Macron will once again receive union and employer leaders on Tuesday for an overview of current affairs.