Covid-19: starting point for the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11

The vaccination has already attracted some families, for the first official day of vaccination of children, Wednesday, December 22. Lou, 11, came with his mother. “So as not to contaminate my grandparents and my relatives”, she tells journalists from France Televisions. Doctor Marie-France Jourdan, doctor at Versailles (Yvelines) allow 10 minutes for each childhood vaccination, which is twice as long as for an adult. “There is always a small step to reassure them, to relax them, to explain to them what we are going to do”, she explains.

40 children were vaccinated during the day in this center. The slots for the month of January are already full. All over France, the teams competed in their imagination to relax the children. Past lapprehension of the bite, the latter are rather quiet at the idea of ​​being vaccinated. “I wanted to be vaccinated. To be able to travel, see the family in complete safety “, says one of them. Childhood vaccination is currently only offered in a few centers. The government wants to ramp up in the coming weeks.