how will the vaccination campaign go?

The government’s coronavirus vaccination strategy will unfold in three phases. This is what Jean Castex said at a press conference on Thursday. The vaccination campaign will start in early January for a first phase, then from February until spring for a second and finally a third phase will take place in spring. Each time there will be a gradual enlargement of the interested audience. In total, France, having a potential of 200 million doses, will be able, the Prime Minister said, to vaccinate 100 million people. Everything will be free and non-binding.

A first phase of vaccination in nursing homes

The vaccination will mainly affect one million people, who will be given the best doses at the end of December, if not January. At this stage, people in nursing homes and their caregivers are concerned if they present any risks. At that time, the vaccines developed by Pfizer / BioNTech and those developed by Moderna will be available.

A second phase for 14 million people

The second phase will take place from February until spring and will concern about 14 million people at risk: the over 75, then the over 65, as well as caregivers over 50 or vulnerable, that is to say with comorbidities.

A general public vaccination campaign

In a third and final phase, the government will organize a gradual opening to the rest of the population, starting in the spring. It will start with people aged 50 to 64, then professionals in the so-called “essential” sectors (education, nutrition), vulnerable and precarious people, people locked up in closed places and finally the rest of the population. most of the population.

The vaccination strategy, coordinated by infectious disease specialist Alain Fischer, “will be presented to Parliament” during the month of December, said on Thursday Jean Castex that “is committed to ensuring that all transparency, all pedagogy is taken on decisions. we will take “. The executive’s plan, explained the prime minister, will be presented to Parliament “in the context of a debate envisaged by article 50-1 of the Constitution”, which may involve a vote but does not assume responsibility. of the government.