After a timid start, the French government wants to boost the vaccination campaign.
For this, it will be based on the various vaccines authorized as and when the European Medicines Agency, distributed in the Union in proportion to the population.
The government said on Thursday it wanted to reach a "cruising speed" of "tens of thousands" of people vaccinated against Covid-19 per day in the coming weeks.
For this, it will rely on the various vaccines pre-ordered by the European Union.
For the moment, only the injections of Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna have received the green light from the European Medicines Agency, but four other laboratories are in the starting blocks.
As they are made available, the doses will be distributed in proportion to the population of each of the member countries.
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The 27 must be housed in the same boat
The basic rule is that the 27 must be accommodated in the same boat.
France representing 15% of the European population, it has a starting quota of 15% of each contract.
But with six vaccines and six contracts, France could in theory acquire 345 million doses.
Far too many, obviously, for its 67 million inhabitants.
Each country therefore makes trade-offs, gives up a quota, acquires the one whose neighbor does not want.
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Because vaccines have different prices, storage conditions and delivery dates.
The vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, already on the market, are also the most expensive.
They cost between 12 and 15 euros a dose, while that of Astra Zeneca, which should be cleared at the end at least, costs less than two euros.
Each capital therefore weighs advantages and disadvantages.
Some countries, such as Belgium or the Netherlands, have made public the composition of their vaccine basket.
At this stage, we do not yet know that of the French basket.