“This is a satisfactory figure, the staff is reassured, especially residents and families,” said the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Solidarity and Health, in charge of Autonomy.
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“80% of nursing home residents received their booster dose, their 3rd vaccine”, declared on franceinfo Brigitte Bourguignon, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Solidarity and Health, in charge of Autonomy, while the 5th wave of Covid-19 hits the country head-on with 56,854 new contaminations identified, Thursday 9 December.
“The priority was to protect the most vulnerable, as we did in the first wave”, she continued. “This is a satisfactory figure, the staff is reassured, especially residents and families”, said Brigitte Bourguignon. “We especially needed to protect this population as much as possible, allow it to maintain a social life, and not close these establishments during this 5th wave.”
“We are very vigilant because the virus circulates enormously, there is the vaccine, but also health vigilance everywhere.”
Brigitte Bourguignon, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Solidarity and Health, in charge of Autonomyto franceinfo
To achieve this result, “We used the same strategy for the first campaign with the establishments which order the doses they need each week and they are supplied regularly, the system is working well and we will continue to reach a maximum figure.”