The Minister of Health Olivier Véran – WITT / SIPA
The government keeps promising an acceleration of the vaccination against Covid – 19, after having been severely criticized . This Tuesday, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran announced that all the elderly of 50 years and over, including those not residing in an nursing home, will have access to the vaccine before the end of the month.
“That’s 5 million people », Specified the Minister of Health. He also announced the expansion of the vaccination campaign to firefighters and home helpers by more than 20 years, for the moment reserved for residents of nursing homes and caregivers of at least 20 years.
The people concerned should benefit from the installation of the first vaccination centers “in town” by the beginning of February. “500. 000 (doses) have already been received. And 500. 000 additional doses will arrive at the beginning of the week ”, assured his On the Sunday side, the government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal, in the Parisian.