Vaccination against Covid-19 will be open to people aged 70 to 75 without comorbidity from March 27, announced Emmanuel Macron while visiting a vaccination center in Valenciennes located in the North.
"We are going to do two things [to] accelerate from this Saturday [March 27]," he said in the gymnasium of the Jean Mineur school transformed into a vaccination center.
The first is the establishment of a dedicated telephone number to "pick up those over 75 who have not yet been vaccinated and all those who have not managed to get an appointment".
"There are no weekends or holidays for vaccination"
In addition, "we will open the vaccination to 70-75 years", he added, while currently it is offered to all over 75 years or from 65 years for people suffering from comorbidities.
"I want things to be organized in a very methodical way, going down by age groups," he said.
"It's a speed race," added the president.
"There are no weekends or holidays for vaccination" which is "the heart of the battle", insisted the head of state.
10 million vaccinated in mid-April
By exchanging with people who have come to be vaccinated, Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed "the objective of having vaccinated 10 million people in mid-April", which "will make it possible to protect the most fragile, the oldest or those who have diabetes or who are obese ", and thus" reduce the pressure on the hospital system ".
While 6.35 million people in France received at least one dose, Emmanuel Macron assured "to fight for doses" and that France would continue to put "extremely strong pressure" on the AstraZeneca laboratory for that he "honor" the contracts.
"We will change dimension from April," he added, referring to the next deliveries, but also the arrival of the Johnson & Johnson serum next month.
With AFP
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