2024-08-20 15:58:55
Contamination from clade 1, which is more deadly and virulent than clade 2, has not been recorded in France so far.
In France, 232 vaccination sites have been opened in response to the measles epidemic, the resigning prime minister said on Tuesday, August 20. Gabriel Attalwhile pledging to provide 100,000 doses of vaccine to the most affected countries. “We are ready for all situations and all risks.”he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). On Friday, he announced that he would put the French health system under “A state of maximum alertness”.
A new meeting was held in Matignon on Monday afternoon. The government clarified late in the evening that contamination from clade 1, which is more deadly and more virulent than clade 2, has so far not been recorded in France. In Europe, Sweden announced that it had recorded cases of clade 1b, a subtype that recently emerged in Africa, and France anticipated imminent cases on its territory.
L’Institut Pasteur Said he was ready on Monday “Patients tested and vaccinated at the request of authorities” French. “232 vaccination sites are open across the country. More are available”designated Gabriel Attal.
Don de 100.000 doses
“At the request of the President of the Republic, France will donate 100,000 doses of vaccine”he also pointed out. “These doses will be distributed through the EU to areas with strong transmission of the virus.”. These donations will “Strengthening current European efforts by almost 50%”.
Last week, the African Union health agency Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that some 200,000 doses of the vaccine would be deployed in Africa thanks to a deal with the European Union (EU) and Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic, whose disease-prevention vaccine has been available since 2019. Get approval. “At my request, the Ministry of Health contacted the High Authority for Health to update its vaccination recommendations by the end of August”further clarified Gabriel Attal.
In its last opinion in January 2023, HAS recommended vaccinating people who had been in contact with patients only if case numbers remained “Isolated or scattered”.
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