Covid-19: the government under pressure over the slowness of the vaccination campaign
French President Emmanuel Macron put pressure on the government to speed up the vaccination campaign during his New Year's greetings on December 31, 2020. AP - Sebastien Nogier
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The vaccination campaign has just started in France but many criticisms have already emerged, questioning the government's strategy.
Emmanuel Macron raised this crucial question during his greetings to the French on Thursday evening, December 31.
The President of the Republic has in a way put the government under pressure.
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Emmanuel Macron was clear: he will not let an "
unjustified slowness
" take hold in
the vaccination campaign
.
These few words followed by a reminder of the objective set, "
every Frenchman who wishes to be able to be vaccinated
", sound like a presidential injunction to ensure that the controversy over the insufficient number of French people vaccinated for a week ends. .
The ball is now in the government's court, and especially Olivier Véran, who since the last health defense council had to intervene several times to explain and reassure himself on
the rise
of vaccination.
A few hours before the presidential intervention, the Minister of Health again announced that after the elderly, it would be caregivers over 50 who could access the vaccine from Monday January 4 and no longer in February.
This did not prevent the opposition from making scathing comments on the wishes of the President of the Republic.
Socialist Senator Patrick Kanner affirmed that each day lost in vaccination "
brings
us
closer to the third confinement
" and the deputy The Republicans Damien Abad estimated that "
unjustified slowness cannot be assumed, it is corrected, quickly and strongly
" .
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