The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, put forward this Sunday, March 7 a "
craze which is mounting among caregivers
" to be vaccinated against Covid-19, immediately excluding any vaccination obligation for these professionals.
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After a visit to a vaccination center in Boulogne-sur-Mer, the minister said he was "
convinced that the rate of adherence to the vaccination of caregivers will join the general rate of the French to vaccination
".
In a letter released Friday, he called on caregivers to be vaccinated "
quickly
" in the name of "
collective security
".
The seven orders of health professions echoed this call in a statement made public on Sunday, calling "
with one voice all caregivers to be vaccinated
" against Covid-19, stressing that it is of an "
ethical duty
" to "
curb the spread of the epidemic
".
Asked about a proposal by the LREM deputy of Pas-de-Calais, Jean-Pierre Pont, to make vaccination compulsory for caregivers, the minister deemed this approach "
legitimate
", but indicated to favor "
for the moment dialogue and conviction
”.
He welcomed the fact that the "
exceptional effort
" made this weekend to speed up vaccinations throughout France had made it possible to carry out 220,000 injections on Saturday "
against 80,000-85,000 usually on Saturdays
".
"
I hope there will be at least more than 100,000 today,
" he added.
"
All elected officials are asking that we have more vaccines, I myself ask that we have more vaccines,
" he added.
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In terms of territorial allocation, "
when there is an inequity that is created, whatever the reasons, we must obviously correct it
", he added, while the contributions of vaccines have been reinforced in Hauts-de-France after many elected officials denounced a delay.
This effort "
allows us to reduce the regional differences formed at the start of vaccination,
" said Benoît Vallet, director of the Hauts-de-France regional health agency.
He specified that at his request, and to "
catch up on the Hauts-de-France (...) we will have 6000 doses every week from this week
", which represents "
about 10% of vaccinations in addition possible each week
”.
