Several hundred people gathered in the streets of Pointe-à-Pitre on Saturday to demonstrate against the vaccine obligation made to caregivers, who called for a strike, while only 25% to 30% of the staff of the CHU de Guadeloupe is fully vaccinated.
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This obligation is a scandal
", indignant at AFP Gaby Clavier, UTS UGTG union delegate of the CHU of Guadeloupe, where a strike call was launched.
Saturday, they were 500 according to the police - and 1000 according to the UTS UGTG union - to march against the vaccination obligation and the health pass, at the call of an inter-union in the streets of Pointoises.
"
On the subject of the vaccination against Covid of health professionals, we want the spirits to calm down
", retorted the officials of the establishment of the archipelago, while the vaccination rate of nursing staff is between "
25 and 30%
".
The challenge now is to "
campaign for vaccination
" with the establishment of ephemeral centers, according to the CHU.
In a statement released on Saturday evening, Olivier Serva, deputy (LREM) of Guadeloupe, called on the Minister of Health Olivier Véran by asking him for "
clarifications concerning the vaccination obligation of caregivers in the overseas territories
".
On "
August 26, 2021, you indicated (...) that the vaccination obligation for caregivers would be postponed to the end of the fourth wave
", he recalls, calling for "
clear answers
".
On September 15, all employees of hospitals and nursing homes in France may be suspended, without remuneration, if they have not received at least one dose of vaccine against the new coronavirus.
