They will be "
the priority of the priorities
".
The approximately 750,000 elderly people residing in nursing homes must be vaccinated as soon as the "very
first doses
" of vaccine against Covid-19 arrive, believes the High Authority for Health (HAS) in its recommendations on the vaccine strategy.
For Gaël Durel, president of the National Association of coordinating physicians in nursing homes and medico-social care, we must however wait to learn more about the effects of vaccines on the elderly.
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LE FIGARO - Do you approve of the HAS recommendation making nursing homes the
“priority of priorities”
?
Gaël DUREL - Yes, because they are the ones who have paid the heaviest price
(the elderly living in communities represent a third of deaths due to Covid-19, Editor's note)
.
That we can identify that this population is extremely at risk and should benefit from vaccines as quickly as possible, is good news.
But we must remain cautious and not believe that the problem will be quickly resolved.
Why
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