While the government had previously preferred to remain cautious on the subject, Emmanuel Macron finally settled the matter this Tuesday. Vaccination against Covid-19 will not be mandatory.
How is France preparing for the arrival of vaccines?
“Vaccination must be carried out in a clear and transparent manner, by sharing information at each stage,” the president emphasized. The French vaccination campaign will begin with the elderly. “We will likely start as early as the end of December or the beginning of January, subject to validation by health authorities, by vaccinating the vulnerable and therefore the oldest people,” he specified.
While waiting for the vaccination campaign to be conducted…
- A faster testing policy for 2021
By early January, no PCR test should take more than 24 hours from the request for the test to its result. Antigen tests will be widely used, particularly for people showing symptoms of Covid-19.
- More “restrictive” isolation for patients
To better isolate Covid-19 patients, there will be more constraints for them, while providing support on material, health, and psychological levels,
- The use of the “TousAntiCovid” application to detect potential contact cases in gathering places such as shops and places of worship.
Launched in late October, the tracing application has been downloaded by more than 10 million French people, while the previous version, “StopCovid,” had capped at less than three million activations.
