(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The French health department plans to promote vaccination of nursing home personnel in five stages as the highest priority
China News Service, Paris, November 30 (Reporter Li Yang) The French health department said on November 30, local time that the plan is divided into five stages to promote the new crown vaccination work, and the elderly and staff in nursing homes are given the highest priority.
The French High Health Administration submitted a report to the government on vaccination-related issues and outlined the five stages of the vaccination plan to the outside world.
The elderly and staff in nursing homes will be the top priority group for vaccination. Their total number is about 840,000 and will be vaccinated in the first phase.
The second stage of vaccination focuses on elderly people over 75 years of age who are not living in nursing homes, especially elderly patients with basic diseases such as diabetes.
Medical workers, ambulance personnel, and transportation personnel in high-risk infection departments will also be vaccinated at this stage.
The total number of people who need to be vaccinated in the second stage is 14.9 million.
The third stage of vaccination will focus on people over the age of 50 and people under the age of 50 with health problems.
Teachers and policemen who maintain the normal operation of the economy and society will be vaccinated at this stage.
In the third phase, 17 million people are expected to be vaccinated.
In the fourth stage, people working in confined spaces and their close contacts will be vaccinated, including supermarket employees.
Patients in mental hospitals, prison inmates, and homeless people will also be vaccinated at this stage.
The French High Health Administration recommends that after all the populations in the above four stages are vaccinated, other people aged 18 to 50 without serious underlying diseases will be vaccinated in the final fifth stage when the remaining dose of vaccine is sufficient. vaccine.
The French government plans to announce the specific details of vaccination this week, including how to arrange vaccination and the choice of vaccination location.
French Prime Minister Castel said last week that if it goes well, vaccination may start at the end of this year or early January next year.
According to official data released on the evening of the 30th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France was 2,222,488, and the cumulative number of deaths was 52,731.
The number of hospitalized patients was 28258, and the number of severely ill patients was 3751.
The French virus test positive rate is now 10.9%.
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