the government calls for vaccination before Christmas

2023-12-13 13:08:00

PTo “have a good holiday”, you have to go through the vaccine box. In any case, this is what the Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, called for, referring to “a rebound in vaccination” once morest Covid and once morest the flu, so that “hospitals are not overwhelmed this winter”.

“We need a rebound in vaccination. We have crossed 10 million on the flu, we have crossed 5 million on Covid. We are still ahead of last year’s figures on Covid, we need to catch up a little on the flu. And this is the right time to do it,” he said during a trip to a pharmacy on 19^e district of Paris with Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, Minister for Health Professions.

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READ ALSO Covid-19: the virus might return for Christmas “Prevention is what ensures we have a good holiday. And not just us, also the caregivers at the hospital, it’s one of our obsessions. We have the tools to ensure that hostos are not overwhelmed this winter,” added Aurélien Rousseau to the press.

Getting vaccinated, “it’s super easy”

Asked regarding a possible fed up of the French with the idea of ​​being revaccinated, the minister judged that “there is perhaps an effect of trivialization, because we have learned to live with the flu and Covid. But we all have people around us who catch Covid, and for whom it is severe, severe.”

READ ALSO Flu, bronchiolitis, Covid-19: the trend in epidemics is on the rise “And I am thinking especially of those who are going to reunite with their parents, their grandparents at Christmas: we would all be more reassured if all these little people around the tree were vaccinated,” said the Minister of Health and Prevention. And to get vaccinated, “it’s super easy: all the pharmacies, nurses, doctors can do it, the doses are there,” he insisted.

For bronchiolitis, “we have an epidemic curve which is less strong than in other countries,” said the minister. One of the questions is the effect that a new preventive treatment will have once morest the main virus causing bronchiolitis, Beyfortus (Sanofi). “On Beyfortus, we fought to get the doses […]. We have impressive adherence rates to this vaccination, at 60%. […]. So this must contribute to having a less degraded situation than last year,” according to Aurélien Rousseau.

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