Objective: to vaccinate 100% of asylum seekers and precarious refugees by the end of August.
The Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, in charge of Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, asked the prefects and directors general of ARS [regional health agencies] to speed up the vaccination campaign "of the public accommodated in workers' homes. migrants and in the national reception system for asylum seekers and refugees, ”said Place Beauvau on Tuesday in a press release.
“Even if the latest returns attest to a surge in vaccination, the residents of these structures have poorer vaccination coverage than the general population, due to specific obstacles, such as the language barrier or the computer equipment available in homes and centers to make appointments online, ”explains the Minister of the Interior.
Favor in situ vaccination
The circular sent by the ministers "requests that priority be given to devices allowing in situ vaccination: mobile vaccination centers or mobile vaccination teams".
The press release specifies that the medical services of the territorial delegations of the OFII [Office Français de l'Immigration et Intégratio] "may be authorized as Covid vaccination centers for this public, in order to allow the doctors who practice there to practice vaccination" .
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