Given the rise of the fifth wave, Christian Estrosi prefers to be one step ahead. The elected official announced Monday that all inhabitants of the Nice metropolis will be able, from the age of 12 and from December 1, to be injected with a booster dose of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine, which will only be available ” over 50s at the national level. The Haute Autorité de santé has recommended that it be available from the age of 40.
These vaccinations will be open to all those who have “finished their vaccination cycle for six months” and can be done “in the vaccination centers of the metropolis, […] from 5 pm to 6 pm, within the limit of the remaining doses available, ”specifies the community. People over 50 years of age remain a priority in the allocation of these third doses.
Estrosi calls for “targeted restrictions”
Christian Estrosi assured “respect the rules set by the Ministry of Health”, while asking the government to “unblock” the recall for all. The elected Nice also called for the implementation of measures of “targeted restrictions” for the unvaccinated, if the situation were to deteriorate rapidly. He mentions in particular “cultural, leisure, sports” and “commercial” activities.
“The vaccinated do not have to pay for the unvaccinated, we are not going to put our economy, our cultural activities or our winter sports resorts under cover,” he said, while saying to himself. opposed to confinement of injection refractories.
The number of cases doubled in ten days
On Monday, the incidence rate, the number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, reached 224 in the Alpes-Maritimes, above the national average (172). Ten days ago, the department barely exceeded the symbolic mark of 100 cases.
In Cannes, the town hall announced Monday to open the appointments for the third injection to over 50s. The mayor of Antibes also let it be known that he “has decided [de les] accept ”within the city’s vaccination center to obtain this booster dose.