the target of 40 million first-time injections “should be reached by the end of July”, according to Castex

The objective of 40 million first doses of vaccines against Covid-19 injected “should be reached at the end of July”, that is to say with a month in advance on the initial table, announced Tuesday Jean Castex in front of The national assembly. In mid-June, the Prime Minister said he was aiming for the 40 million mark at the end of August, as well as that of 35 million French people fully vaccinated at the same time. As of Monday, 37,809,568 people had received at least one dose and 30,788,868 were considered fully vaccinated, according to the Directorate General of Health.

A stock of 6 million doses of vaccines

Asked by the president of the socialist group Valérie Rabault, Jean Castex indicated that France currently had a “stock of 6 million doses”. “And until the end of August are expected to arrive in the order of 4.5 million doses per week, 2.5 of which will be reserved for the administration of second doses,” he said, while Valérie Rabault was concerned about the insufficiency of these figures.

“If there are not enough doses, how do you expect the health pass to come into effect? ​​You lock up the French and you give them the illusion of a freedom that does not yet exist,” he said. -it in particular launched to the Prime Minister.

Some deputies ask to postpone the entry into force of the health pass

Jean Castex was also questioned by the leader of deputies LR Damien Abad who criticized him for “slowness”, “sometimes lack of pedagogy and lack of anticipation” which has, according to the elected representative of Ain, caused “three months behind our neighbors” in the vaccination campaign. Believing that the “health pass does not pass”, Damien Abad also called on Jean Castex to postpone its entry into force until August 30.