This symbolic figure was reached in the space of just three months, since the opening of the recall campaign. The government’s desire to put constraints on the unvaccinated seems to be bearing fruit.
The injunction to injection seems to be bearing fruit. As the Christmas holidays approach, and as contamination figures soar, the recall campaign is now in full swing. “Today we will reach 20 million recallswrote on Twitter this Tuesday morning the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran. Thank you to all those who, mobilized like never before, allow us to protect ourselves against the delta and omicron variants. We continue, we amplify, we will get there, together! ” As of Monday evening, 19,806,232 injections had been performed.
First reserved for the most vulnerable and the elderly from September, the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine was opened to the entire population at the end of November. And the health pass began to be deactivated from December 15 for those who did not take their booster shot. Vaccination should also be available to all children aged 5 to 11 in the coming days.
Vaccine pass
Faced with the progression of the omicron variant, the government prefers, for the moment, to rely on injections to avoid any measure of firm restrictions, such as travel restrictions or closures of public places. And assumes to bring the constraints to the unvaccinated.
The executive drafts a bill so that the health pass gives way to a vaccination pass, reserved for fully vaccinated people, for access to public places. A health pass could also be implemented in companies, even if the discussions do not yet seem conclusive with the social partners.
“It’s simple, it’s clear, it’s crystal clear, it’s assumed, we want the French to be vaccinateddeclared Olivier Véran on Saturday. We want to avoid a very strong hospital wave. We do not want to impose additional constraints on the French who have been vaccinated and therefore we want to further strengthen our vaccination coverage ”.
In hospital services, the critical care admissions figures worry the authorities. According to Public Health France, more than 3,000 patients were in critical care on Monday. In 24 hours, 340 new admissions were recorded. “Unvaccinated people must understand that it is in their interest to be vaccinated” but that it is also “A gesture of solidarity” vis-à-vis fragile people, said Monday on France inter Alain Fischer, the “Mr. vaccine” of the government. The majority of people who end up in intensive care “Not vaccinated, or have not had their booster dose”.