Olivier Véran, Minister of Health , in a vaccination center. – WITT / SIPA
The government has called on a private consultancy firm to support it in the implementation of its strategy of vaccination against Covid – 19 , before it was criticized from all sides for its slowness , we learned on Wednesday from the
Ministry of Health . McKinsey and Company “is working with the ministry as part of the vaccine strategy,” a source told the Ministry of Health, confirming information from Chained Duck and Politico.
“This cabinet is attached to the vaccination task force of the Ministry of Health, and collaborates on strategy and logistics. But they are not the ones who develop the strategy alone, ”the same source continued, without giving details on the precise mission of this firm or on its remuneration. According to the same source, this is not the first time since the start of the health crisis that the ministry has called on a private company to support it.
Not the first time since the start of the crisis
This was already the case in the context of “a logistics center”, which was notably responsible for “the delivery of gloves, gowns”, the same source explained, without specifying any details. what company it was. According to the Chained Duck and Politico, the government brought in the McKinsey cabinet in December. The vaccination campaign in France then began on 20 December, as in most other European countries, but the government was crushed by the opposition because of its slowness.
The use of a private company has also aroused criticism. “This signals a disqualification of the state agents who are in charge of it (of the vaccine strategy, editor’s note). This shows that so far nothing was planned and it is alarming, ”said the first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, on Twitter. “The state scandal continues on the vaccination and the revelations of Canard Enchaîné complete the extremely serious diagnosis of a power adrift in the management of the pandemic! “, Also on Twitter, judged the MEP EELV Yannick Jadot.
He asked for “complete transparency on the contracts concluded, the nature and the reality of the services provided by McKinsey to the government”. On the right, the president of Debout la France Nicolas Dupont-Aignan was offended that “the vaccination strategy (be) entrusted to an American consulting firm”