From record to record?
Yesterday, the Doctolib platform recorded 360,000 appointments for vaccination, unprecedented.
At 1:16 p.m., this Thursday in full speech by the Minister of Health, the waiting time on the platform was more than thirty minutes, before falling back to twelve minutes and then back up ... Half an hour later, no significant evolution.
Better to arm yourself with patience.
It must be said that the French have no choice: to keep their health pass, 18-64 year olds will have to have their booster dose before January 15.
Some 19 million people are still eligible to this day.
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“No panic” according to Oliver Véran
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, Doctolib commented: “
The waiting list system has been set up to manage the connection peak. In an hour and a half, 350,000 appointments were already made. The slots are available as the centers are equipped
”. The record is therefore about to be smashed again. "
No panic
", however assured the Minister of Health Olivier Véran during his last press conference. "
You will be able to make an appointment in the next few hours
." Over the last seven days, 165,426 daily appointments have been made by Doctolib.
"
In practice, this concerns 25 million French people, of which 6 million [or 9% of the population on November 22] have already received their recall,
" added Oliver Véran.
The executive is also reassuring on the stocks of doses: 25 million on the national territory.
"
It is a feat that we have already achieved
".
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The third dose opens from Saturday to all adults.
Thus, from January 15, the health pass for all French people over the age of 18 will no longer be active if the
booster
dose
has not been injected "
within the period of seven months after the last injection
".
The deadline remains on December 15 for those over 65.
“
From the first hours following the recall, the level of protection becomes optimal again
,” Olivier Véran recalled.
The executive relies on city vaccination and vaccination centers to manage the influx.