“From September 1, 2021, if a member of the GIGN [Groupe d’intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale] has not performed an anti-Covid vaccination, he will be declared unfit to serve at the GIGN! “
To support his remarks, this Twitter account is based on the extract of an “express note” which would have been sent on July 6, 2021 to “all [les] GIGN personnel ”and which indicates in particular:“ A vaccination campaign for soldiers of the national gendarmerie is underway, operated by the Army Health Service (SSA). […] This compulsory vaccination, included in the army’s vaccination calendar, will follow a schedule taking into account the operational requirements of the DGGN. [Direction générale de la gendarmerie nationale] and vaccine deliveries ”.
From September 1, 2021, if a member of the GIGN has not performed an anti-covid vaccination, he will be declared unfit to serve at the GIGN! pic.twitter.com/t1xevvYvi5
– National and international news (@ActusMondial) August 15, 2021
“Consequently, all GIGN soldiers (operational forces and staffs) must be vaccinated. […] As of September 1, 2021, if a GIGN soldier has not completed his anti-Covid vaccination, he will be declared unfit to serve at GIGN, ”this document further indicates.
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This note is authentic and has been distributed within the GIGN, as confirmed by a source close to the file at 20 minutes… While specifying that “it has become obsolete since the publication of a note from the DGGN dated August 17, this one emanating from a higher authority”.
As AFP indicated, the latter indeed specifies which personnel will be affected by the vaccination obligation by September 15, 2021: “military personnel, active and reserve, in public security missions, road safety, law enforcement, judicial police and reception or providing services in contact with the public or people outside the gendarmerie ”. The members of the GIGN are therefore also part of this list.
This measure stems from an instruction from the central directorate of the military health service (SSA) dated July 29 and revealed by The world aimed at “preserving the health of personnel and maintaining the operational capacity of the armed forces”.
The gendarmes concerned will thus be part, along with the nursing and non-nursing staff of hospitals and retirement homes, professionals and volunteers working with the elderly, as well as firefighters or ambulance attendants, of the professions concerned by the vaccination obligation – unlike police officers, only encouraged to be vaccinated by their superiors.