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Several dozen people demonstrate in front of the University Hospital Institute (IHU) in Marseille against the compulsory vaccination of hospital staff. A general call to strike has been launched, as the Constitutional Council is set to rule on the validity of the new anti-Covid measures. IMAGES
Paris, July 28 (EFE).- The Government of France decided at the beginning of July to push the bill that will make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for people working in health sector and those who work in close contact with vulnerable people after seeing steady figures of cases. (Camera: MARIO GARCIA SANCHEZ).B-ROLL OF HEALTH CENTERS AND PHARMARCIES IN PARIS, FRANCE
French Prime Minister Jean Castex arrives at Bégin Hospital in Paris to receive a dose of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, as France resumes its vaccination program with AstraZeneca, following the European regulator's findings that the vaccine is "safe and effective." IMAGES
UPI reports new research shows it's a very good idea to insist that healthcare workers get an annual flu shot. That's according to researchers from the University of Georgia, Montana State University and Monash University in Australia. They found that states with mandatory flu shots for hospital workers saw statewide reductions in deaths from influenza and pneumonia. They estimate that during the 2016-17 season alone, nearly 2,000 deaths were averted in the 15 U.S. states that had mandatory vaccination laws at that time. The findings suggest that health-worker vaccination laws may be a good way to protect the country's most vulnerable populations. The researchers say it's possible that similar benefits could also be seen with mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of hospital workers.
"We're catching up after years of lagging behind," says Jean Castex at the end of the signing ceremony for the "Ségur agreements" in Paris. For the Prime Minister, the agreements which provide more funding for health workers are a reminder that "in a democracy we all stand to gain from social dialogue". IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the Sanofi vaccine production site in Marcy-l'Etoile, near Lyon, one of the world's largest vaccine production sites, which is working on two possible vaccines for Covid-19. Macron is welcomed by the group's senior executives, Chief Executive Officer Paul Hudson, President Serge Weinberg and Olivier Bogillot, President of Sanofi France. IMAGES