The French armies will provide logistical assistance to carry out the next vaccination campaign against Covid-19 in the overseas territories, the Ministry of the Armed Forces announced on Friday evening.
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Following a request from the Ministry of Solidarity and Health made to the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the armed forces will provide logistical support for the implementation of the national vaccination strategy against Covid-19
", in initially ensuring "
the transport of very low temperature freezers
" necessary for the conservation of vaccines to Martinique and Guadeloupe, according to a press release.
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These logistics missions will begin Sunday with the transport by military plane of two freezers to Fort-de-France (Martinique) and Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe), details the ministry.
France unveiled its vaccine strategy on Wednesday: first vaccinations against Covid-19 "
from the last week of December
", but not before "
the end of spring
" for the non-priority population.
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Other missions will be carried out within the framework of the deployment of the government strategy
" of vaccination against the virus, concludes the press release, without further details.