No fewer than 3,000 french health workers have been relieved from their duties for failure to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Health Minister, Olivier Veran confirmed.
According to the reports, Mid September was set as the deadline for the workers to receive their complete dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, but many workers failed to meet up the deadline, the Minister says.
It was gathered on Wednesday 15 September that “some 3,000 suspensions were served on staff in health and social care facilities who had not yet entered into the vaccination course against the coronavirus.”
Veran added that “a small number of services – mainly technical ones like scanning and x-ray imaging – experienced disruptions for a few hours. However, he insisted that the overall security and quality of care was assured amid the removal of medical personnel.”
He stressed further that “The layoffs of these few thousand workers, however, is only temporary in a large number of cases, the dismissed staff accounted only for a small percentage of France’s 2.7 million healthcare employees nationwide.”
“A significant number of the personnel have heeded the government’s calls to get vaccinated after realizing that “obligation was a reality.” However, he remarked that “a few dozen” French nurses so far have handed in their resignation notices.”
Paris, the capital of France, has earlier announced September 15 as the deadline for all caregivers, medical personnel, and firefighters to have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine or face sanctions.
Meanwhile, Protest has been a day to day activity in France against the compulsory vaccination of staff in certain sectors and also the COVID-19 'Health Pass.'
However, the COVID-19 certificate is mandatory for attendees to prove their vaccinated status for entry into some public venues, such as bars, restaurants, and large events.
The latest figure released confirmed that “85.4 percent of caregivers in nursing homes and long-term care units were fully vaccinated as of Monday, while almost 90 percent had received at least one dose, around 89 percent of France’s adult population have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 84 percent are fully vaccinated,” Veran stated.
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