A beginning of justification.
As revealed by L'Express on Thursday, former President Nicolas Sarkozy received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in January.
The information, confirmed from a military source to Franceinfo, has not been denied by his cabinet.
The entourage of the former head of state has just brought this Friday a clarification on the subject, ensuring that this act had been done "on medical prescription".
No further clarification was provided, the sources simply recalled that Nicolas Sarkozy, "like any citizen, has the right to privacy and medical confidentiality".
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, whose medical follow-up is provided at the Clamart military hospital, "had the chance to be vaccinated from January at the Percy military hospital", explained L ' Express, recalling that currently, "those under 75 are not affected by vaccination with the exception of people with pathologies at risk."
Olivier Véran invokes medical secrecy
Asked Thursday about the weekly's information during the press conference on the evolution of the epidemic, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, had invoked “medical confidentiality”.
“Nicolas Sarkozy is like any Frenchman, he has the right to medical confidentiality, so I don't have to know if he was vaccinated before the time.
We all have to follow the rules, we all have rights and duties.
They are binding on each of us, including that of benefiting from medical confidentiality.
No comment therefore, ”he said.
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If the news sparked an uproar on social networks, the reactions were not so virulent within the political class.
“There is only in France to see this kind of unnecessary controversy.
What does that change for a former President of the Republic to be vaccinated a little before the others?
And who is it up to?
», Asked a minister.
France passed the one million mark on Thursday who received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, while the circulation of the virus is still intense with more than 22,000 positive cases, according to figures from Public Health France.
The government hopes to be able to open vaccination “between the end of March and mid-April” for people between 65 and 74 years old.
Fewer than 30,000 liberal doctors, mainly general practitioners, volunteered to vaccinate in their practices from February 25 their patients aged 50-64 who are at risk of developing severe forms of Covid.
