"The vaccination of children is not a great success"
, admits Alain Fischer, president of the Council of orientation of the vaccine strategy.
While the
“epidemic resumption / continuation observed in mid-January”
is
“partly linked to a very active circulation of the virus in primary schools, kindergartens and nurseries”
, according to the Scientific Council, parents are still cautious about doing them. vaccinate.
As of January 22, only 216,000 of the 5.7 million children aged 5 to 11 had received at least one dose, or 3.8%, according to the Ministry of Health.
In this age group, they would be five times more to have been infected with Covid-19.
In a joint press release, the Academies of Medicine and Science called on Tuesday to
“no longer hesitate”
to vaccinate children
“to achieve good vaccination coverage as quickly as possible”
.
979 children hospitalized
On the same day, the ministry announced new measures to
“revitalize the campaign”
: on the one hand, the authorization of one of the two parents is finally enough…
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