Teens will be able to get vaccinated from June 15

During a trip to the Lot, Emmanuel Macron announced the opening of vaccination to adolescents from 12 to 18 years old, from June 15.

A new course for vaccination. After the Americans or even the Canadians, French adolescents will be able to be vaccinated against Covid-19. A news announced by the President of the Republic during his visit to the Lot on June 2.

Indeed, even if minors are less likely to contract serious forms of the virus, they remain contagious. To immunize them against coronaviruses and its variants, vaccination will now be possible.

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Under what conditions?

The government aims to achieve collective immunity. Emmanuel Macron specified that the vaccine opening was for adolescents between 12 and 18 years old. And this, in “Conditions of organization, health, consent and proper information for parents, which will be specified in the coming days by the health authorities”, he said.

From June 15, vaccination will be done on a voluntary basis and by appointment. To be able to be vaccinated, the teenagers will need the authorization of the parents. “Full details will be given to families in due course. It will be the Pfizer vaccine. A child will not be able to be vaccinated without parental consent “, clarified Olivier Véran.

Nevertheless, the Minister of Health reassures: “There will be no differences in access to school” for a vaccinated child and a child who is not vaccinated. “There is this famous health pass that facilitates travel. A child aged 12 and over who has been vaccinated will benefit from his pass to travel more easily by avoiding tests”, he specifies.

This decision was pronounced before the publication of an opinion of the High Authority of Health (HAS) which advises the vaccination for the teenagers of 12 years with the vaccine of Pfizer / BioNTech.

Suruthi SRIKUMAR

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