The vaccination campaign is accelerating in France, in several regions, large-scale operations are being carried out to increase the pace.
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This Saturday at 5.30 pm, 220,000 French people were vaccinated, more than double from last Saturday.
We continue tomorrow!
Enthusiastic Olivier Véran on Twitter.
A figure which remains for the moment below those of Friday, day during which 250,000 people were vaccinated.
To date, 3,581,812 people have received a first dose of vaccine in France.
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The situation continues to be "
worrying and tense
", according to Prime Minister Jean Castex, who did not rule out re-containment in the event of force majeure.
23,306 new contaminations were detected in France in 24 hours, according to figures published this Saturday, against 23,507 the day before.
The French Ministry of Health also reported 170 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the total to 88,444.
The number of people in intensive care increased by nine people to reach 3,689.
