Despite thousands of AstraZeneca doses waiting in refrigerators, only a third of healthcare workers in hospitals have so far been vaccinated against Covid-19.
Friday March 5, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran urged on his Twitter account caregivers to be vaccinated "
as quickly as
possible
", considering that the number of health professionals who have already received a first injection was too low.
For its part, the Order of Physicians went further this Saturday, March 6 by appealing to their "
duty to set an example
".
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It is true that there is a low rate of vaccination among caregivers: out of 600,000 AstraZeneca doses received in hospitals, only 25% have been used.
In addition, according to a study by Public Health France, reluctance seems more widespread among nursing assistants.
We note that only 30% of them intend to be vaccinated, while this figure is 47% for nurses and 82% for doctors.
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