Prime Minister Jean Castex gave particulars on the vaccination schedule on December 16 earlier than the Nationwide Meeting.
The French authorities ought to use Moderna or Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines, as they’ll seemingly be the first available. Jean Castex distinguished three phases.
First section: finish of December
The Prime Minister affirmed that the vaccination marketing campaign in opposition to Covid-19 can be launched “from the final week of December”, “if the circumstances are met”. The European Medicines Company is because of meet on December 21 to debate the authorization – or not – of the vaccine. Pfizer / BioNTech in the marketplace.
If the vaccine is validated, France could have 1.16 million doses which can then be injected as a precedence to residents of EHPADs.
Vaccine: “By the tip of December”, France will obtain 1,160,000 doses, then
“677,000 further doses round January 5-6” and “1,600,000 doses in February”.#DirectAN #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/H8vUqPSVRt
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“This primary section will likely be unfold over a interval of six to eight weeks, to consider the 21-day delay between the primary vaccination and the booster,” mentioned Jean Castex.
Second section: From January 2021
The Prime Minister has promised a “ramp-up” of vaccination from January. The roughly 14 million French “at risk”: both the aged, well being professionals, or folks affected by a specific pathology. This second section will likely be carried out “on the tempo of vaccine supply”.
Third section: Finish of spring 2021
Lastly, vaccination will solely be open “to all the inhabitants” in “a 3rd section”. Right here once more, there will likely be precedence audiences. First “folks aged 50 to 64, professionals in sectors important to the functioning of the nation in an epidemic interval (safety, schooling, meals), weak and precarious audiences”, detailed the Minister of Well being Olivier Véran.
Because the Prime Minister recalled, the beginning of vaccination doesn’t imply the tip of the epidemic. Incentives for isolation and screening will subsequently proceed within the coming months. four,000 jobs will even be created to strengthen case tracing.
