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  • A 90-year-old woman is said to have been denied access to the activities and common areas of the senior citizens' residence in Doubs where she resides for refusing the vaccination against Covid-19, according to a post shared more than 34,000 times in 24 hours on Facebook.

  • The management of the establishment for retirees - which is not an Ehpad - explains to

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    that residents are free to be vaccinated or not and that no device of this type is planned.

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"Revolting", "monstrous", "disgusting".

Comments have multiplied on Facebook denouncing measures allegedly taken against an elderly person who refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

The nonagenarian, who lives in a retirement home and not in an nursing home, would, according to this message, be prohibited from "going to the common refectory" as well as to "common events".

She would also be prohibited "to walk in the corridors" and "to have any contact with the other residents even with the barrier gestures".

The inhabitants of this residence who will refuse the vaccination against the coronavirus will not be put in isolation, explains the management.

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The post went viral, accumulating more than 34,000 shares in less than 24 hours and was relayed by other Internet users.

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The management of the Marpa residence in Pierrefontaine-les-Varans (Doubs), disputes the existence of such measures.

This message is a "big mistake.

We do not force anyone to be vaccinated ”, explains

Cathy Schultz, the director of the establishment

, to

20 Minutes

.

"Anyone who refuses [to be vaccinated] - and it is his right - will not be isolated", develops Cathy Schultz.

Residents who choose not to be vaccinated will still have access to activities and common areas.

“There is no question of excluding them from the social life of the residence.

The management also made an update on the Facebook page of the establishment.

The resident's son, for his part, did not respond to our requests.

The Ministry of Health rules out any differential treatment

For its part, the Ministry of Health indicates, in a guide intended for health professionals, that a resident of an nursing home refusing vaccination should not be treated differently by health professionals.

Almost a year after the arrival of the coronavirus in France, activities are still taking place in the Pierrefontaine-les-Varans residence and the inhabitants can currently have their meals together, with some modifications.

People who have visited their families for the holidays must respect a seven-day isolation period upon their return and pass a test, a measure in accordance with the protocol of the Ministry of Health.

The inhabitants of this residence have not yet been vaccinated

For the director, the resident could have confused these measures, put in place for the end of the year holidays, with the upcoming vaccination campaign.

Indeed, a doctor came Monday to inform the residents of the establishment about this campaign.

Vaccination has not yet started in this establishment, as in the 200 Marpa in France.

The Marpa are not nursing homes, unlike the nursing homes.

They welcome retired residents, mostly independent, who live in apartments or studios.

These will be vaccinated after residents and staff at risk of nursing homes, targeted by the start of the vaccination campaign, which began on Sunday.

People living in the Marpa will be vaccinated from mid-January, "at best", explains

Jean-Christophe Billou, national director of these structures

, to

20 Minutes

.

He did not receive a specific date from the Ministry of Health.

The vaccination strategy in fact provides for priority vaccination of residents of nursing homes.

The Ministry of Health has not yet fully decided on the modalities of vaccination in independent residences and senior residences.

Who will do the vaccination?

Jean-Christophe Billou considers two possibilities: “As in nursing homes, through ARS, with health professionals mobilized by ARS, or, as at home, by the attending physician.

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138 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 since the start of the vaccination campaign in France on Sunday, according to the Covid Tracker site.

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