A 78-year-old woman has become the first person in France to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a tweet from આરોગ્યrlein Russo, director general of the Ile-de-France region health agency.
Rousseau posted a picture of the vaccination on Sunday and described it as “an intense moment … very hopeful.”
The first person to be vaccinated is a former home caretaker named Maurice. She received her first dose of the Pfizer-Bioentech vaccine at a public hospital in the Great Paris area on Sunday morning.
“I’m moving,” he said.
The 65-year-old cardiologist, Dr. Jean-Jeques X Monsuez, was immediately vaccinated.
French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted:
“Following the green light from health officials, the vaccination campaign is starting today in France as well as in Europe.”
He added that the vaccine would be completely free and voluntary.
In a symbolic launch of the French vaccination campaign on Sunday, a dozen elderly people and caregivers are to be vaccinated in the greater Paris area and in Dજze, Nama, northeastern France.
The European Union launched the first phase of its mass vaccination program on Sunday. As well as France, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic and Spain are among the member countries that started giving vaccinations this week.
The French government says it aims to vaccinate one million people by the end of February, focusing on the elderly, the most vulnerable and the most caring.
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