At the vaccination center of the Palais des Expositions de Nice, on 04/09/2021. – SYSPEO / SIPA
From April 24, vaccination slots against the coronavirus will be reserved for two weeks for nearly 400,000 workers over the age of 55, from twenty “second-line” trades, announced the Ministry of Labor at the after a meeting with the social partners on Tuesday.
Among the professions retained, we find in particular bus drivers, truck drivers, cashiers, employees of funeral directors or slaughterhouses, maintenance agents or security guards but not construction professionals. Temporary workers in these professions are also eligible.
Three conditions
The full list will be released during the day by the ministry and is in addition to that already announced at the end of last week (teachers, childminders, law enforcement in particular) which also concerned around 400,000 people. This selection was made by adding criteria to the wider list of second-line jobs identified in March in a report by Sophie Moreau-Follenfant, director of the high-voltage network operator RTE, and Christine Erhel, economist (Cnam) . To the criteria then retained (exposure to social contacts and presence on site during the first confinement), the government added three conditions, which are not cumulative: the exercise of the profession in a closed environment, the difficulty in respecting barrier gestures and more risky professions identified by the Pasteur Institute.
“For this prioritization to have meaning, a list of trades was needed that was not too long,” the ministry explains. Compared to the rest of the population aged over 55, these people (whether they are employees, self-employed workers or business leaders) will have reservation slots reserved in certain health centers chosen by the regional agencies. de santé (ARS) from Saturday April 24 and for two weeks. The practical reservation methods should be specified during the day.