The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday evening that one in two French people was now fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

This level is however still far from the collective immunity threshold estimated at around 90% with the Delta variant.

The government is now targeting 50 million first-time vaccines by the end of August.

One in two French people is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the Directorate General of Health announced on Tuesday evening, a level still far from the collective immunity threshold estimated at around 90% with the new Delta variant, which is more contagious. The French have a "complete vaccination schedule" who have received two doses of Moderna, AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine, one dose if they have been positive for Covid-19 or one dose of the Janssen vaccine. "Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 40,719,515 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 60.4% of the total population) and 34,026,476 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 50.5% of the total population) ", indicates the DGS in a press release on the progress of vaccination.

The government targets 50 million first-time vaccines by the end of August

The threshold of 40 million French people who received at least one injection was crossed on Monday, one month ahead of the initial schedule.

The government is now targeting 50 million first-time vaccines by the end of August.

Faced with the outbreak of contaminations which regularly exceed 20,000 new daily cases, the government is continuing the race for vaccination against Covid-19, seeking to target the most fragile and hesitant people.

However, we observe "a decorrelation between hospitalizations and diagnoses," said Minister of Health Olivier Véran on Tuesday, explaining that thanks to vaccination, "there are fewer patients hospitalized for severe forms of Covid in our country than there were during the previous waves for an identical number of infected ". A meeting of ministers concerned by the health crisis will be held early Wednesday morning.