the Minister of Health calls on the French to be vaccinated before the end of year holidays

Protect yourself to pass “have a good holiday”. The Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, called on Wednesday, December 13, to “a rebound in vaccination” against Covid-19 and the flu. Traveling to a pharmacy in Paris with Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo, Minister for Health Professions, he pleaded in favor of prevention for the French, but also “for hospital caregivers”. “We have the tools to ensure that the hosts are not overwhelmed”he added.

According to him, the number of vaccines administered for Covid is satisfactory “compared to last year’s figures”. However, he felt that the flu vaccination had fallen behind schedule. Asked about a possible weariness of the French with the idea of ​​being revaccinated, the minister judged that“there is perhaps a trivialization effect, 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 “.

As family meals approach during the end-of-year festivities, the minister advises those “who are going to find their parents, their grandparents” to get vaccinated. “We would all be more reassured if all these little people around the tree were vaccinated”launched the Minister of Health and Prevention.