Vaccination against Covid in France: "I took 18 days to have an appointment"

Finding an appointment to be vaccinated in France when you are over 75 years old is often an obstacle course.

REUTERS - BENOIT TESSIER

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For nearly a month, the Covid-19 vaccination campaign has been extended to people over 75 years of age who do not live in nursing homes as well as to people with high-risk pathologies.

However, making an appointment in one of the 833 centers open and accessible for reservation remains complicated because the telephone platforms and websites are saturated, some vaccination centers had to close due to lack of doses. 

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