The government plans to extend the vaccination against Covid-19 in middle and high schools at the start of the school year, this track even appearing among the “
big issues of the fall
”, according to a document from the Ministry of Health consulted on Saturday by the 'AFP.
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At the time of the big departures on vacation, others are already thinking about the start of the school year. The “
vaccination task force
” of the government is thus in the “
anticipation
” of the “
major issues of the autumn
”, seven in number at this stage, according to this document presented Friday afternoon to the nursing unions and hospital federations. Several are not within the purview of political power, such as "
the dissemination of new variants
", "
the arrival of new vaccines
" or the "
need to ensure a third injection
" for some people.
Others, on the contrary, are in its hands, such as the “
territorial network
” of vaccination centers, “
support for demand
” (notably via so-called “out-
of-town
” systems) and the “
passage through town
” of the population. Pfizer vaccine (expected in September from doctors and pharmacists).
Or “
the deployment of vaccination in schools (middle and high schools) during the first quarter of the school year
”, which does not seem to achieve consensus within the executive.
More than 670,000 adolescents have already been vaccinated
The Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, was indeed reserved on the subject Thursday: "
We do not exclude it, but this is obviously not my main wish because it creates an additional burden. and that can therefore disturb the normal course of the organization of establishments,
”he declared on France Info.
"
What is very important is that the vaccines take place from this very moment
", he added, stressing that "the
more everyone will arrive vaccinated at the start of the school year, the more it will allow to have a school year serene
”.
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Contacted, Olivier Véran's cabinet did not wish to comment or clarify this “working
document
” produced by the Ministry of Health. To date, more than 670,000 adolescents have already been vaccinated, or 13.4% of 12-17 year olds, according to the latest available data, stopped on June 30.
