After a difficult start, the French vaccine campaign has caught up with its European neighbors.
25 million French people have received at least one injection of the vaccine against Covid-19, or 48% of the population.
And with the opening of vaccination to all adults on Monday, the government intends to meet its goal of 30 million first-time vaccines on June 15.
According to figures released on Sunday, 25 million French people have received at least one injection of the Covid-19 vaccine, or 48% of the total population.
From Monday, all adults can now be vaccinated: there is no longer any age criterion or need to justify any comorbidity to make an appointment.
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France among the good students
After a vaccination campaign launched very slowly, France is now one of the good students among the vaccinated countries.
Last January, residents of nursing homes were vaccinated drop by drop.
The executive was then widely criticized.
And then over the months, with increasingly large receipts of vaccines, France gradually caught up with the leading countries.
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With 63% of its population having received at least one dose, Israel remains largely in the lead, ahead of the United Kingdom, Canada, Chile and the United States.
France arrives in a second wagon driven by Germany which has 43% of its population with at least one injection.
Neck-to-neck with Italy, Spain, Portugal and Sweden, France is currently running at 500,000 injections per day on average.
With the opening of vaccination to all adults since Monday morning and the arrival of Moderna vaccines in pharmacies, the government intends to meet its objective of 30 million first-time vaccines on June 15.
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