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Easy-look guide to France’s Covid-19 vaccination roll-out
We explain who will receive it and when
France begins its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Sunday (December 27), with a few dozen residents of retirement homes to be the first recipients.
Health Minister Olivier Véran said, “it will start in a small number of establishments for the elderly, in the Paris region and in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, and will gradually be extended to the whole of France in January”.
La vaccination débutera dans toute l’Europe ce dimanche 27 décembre : elle commencera dans un petit nombre d’établissements pour personnes âgées, en région Parisienne et en Bourgogne Franche-Comté, et s’élargira progressivement à toute la France en janvier. @TF1LeJT pic.twitter.com/bnITpG1K9Q
— Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) December 22, 2020
The first vaccination to be used will be the BioNTech/Pfizer one, which was approved by the European Medicines Agency on December 21.
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