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Original caption: EU member states will start new vaccination crown on the same day, France is expected to start at the end of the year
Source / AFPOverseas Network, December 17 French President Macron revealed during a dinner at the Elysee Palace on the 15th with the presidents of the nine groups of the National Assembly party that the new vaccination campaign of the crown of the EU member states will be launched on the same day. . European Commission President Ursula von der Lein confirmed Macron’s statement on the 16th, confirming that all 27 EU member states will start vaccination on the “same day.”
According to the French television network BFM, the European Commission has confirmed to the German government that the European Medicines Agency will hold a meeting on the 21st to approve the new corona vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and the German biotechnology company BioNTech. After obtaining the opinion of the European Medicines Agency, the European Commission will consult with member states to issue conditional marketing authorizations within the EU at Christmas. Ursula von der Lein said: “In a week, the first vaccine will be approved so that vaccination can begin immediately. This is a difficult task.” He also said: “In general, We have bought more than the required dose for each member country. Let us work together to eradicate this terrible virus.”
French government spokesman Gabriel Atal said on the 16th that after the European Medicines Agency approves the crown’s new vaccine, France could start vaccination campaigns before the end of this year. By the end of January 2021, France will have up to 1 million. People are vaccinated and the longer-term goal is to vaccinate 15 million vulnerable people by spring.
French Prime Minister Jean Castel and Health Minister Olivier Vérin presented the vaccination strategy to the National Assembly and the Senate on the 16th and 17th respectively, and then held a debate without a vote. Jean Castel told the National Assembly on the 16th that the launch of the vaccination campaign is “imminent”, that it can provide lasting protection to the French and restore the country to normal operations, and the safety of the vaccine is guaranteed. Once the vaccine is approved by the European Medicines Agency, it will also be approved by the French National Health Administration. Vaccination is expected to begin in the last week of December. It will target susceptible populations and healthcare personnel first, and will be expanded to all populations in late spring.
Jean Castel called for continued efforts before the vaccine can provide potential herd immunity, especially the strengthening of testing, monitoring and isolation measures, which is crucial. The government will improve the Tous Anti-Covid virus tracker app, adding 4,000 employees to health insurance institutions to find case contacts. By January 2021, 1,500 independent nurses and 3,000 social workers will be mobilized every day to carry out surveillance of infected people. Home visits, but there will be no mandatory isolation of infected people and contacts. (Overseas Network-Paris-Lu Jia)
