Controversy after confirming Sarkozy’s vaccination against the coronavirus – Telam

They confirmed that the 66-year-old ex-French president had been vaccinated for “medical prescription”

Relatives of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy have confirmed the vaccination against the coronavirus of the 66-year-old former president by “medical prescription”, which has sparked controversy in the country, since the vaccination campaign is not available than for those over 75 years old.

“The president was vaccinated under medical prescription”, affirmed the surroundings of Sarkozy, without specifying the reasons and claiming “the right to the private life and to the medical secrecy like any citizen”, report el diario Ouest-France.

The weekly L’Express revealed that the former president “she was lucky enough to be vaccinated in january at the Percy military hospital “, although the vaccination against Covid-19 is not available in France for those under 75 years old, unless they have “at risk diseases”.

Consulted by the press on this subject, The Minister of Health, Olivier Vran, refused the day before to ratify the information, citing “medical secrecy”.

“Sarkozy and all French people have the right to medical confidentiality, so I shouldn’t know if he has been vaccinated in advance. We all have to respect the rules, we all have rights and duties. They are imposed on everything the world, including the delivery. of secrecy. Therefore, I will not make any comments, “he said yesterday during the press conference on the evolution of the pandemic.

The news sparked a controversy in France, mainly because, according to L’Express, Sarkozy frequently complains about the slowness of the vaccination plan of Emmanuel Macron’s government.

According to the weekly, the former president believes that the massive campaign should be accelerated with the installation of “vacundromes”, as he had done in 2009 during his mandate of vaccination against influenza A.

France exceeded one million vaccinated with two doses against Covid-19 this Thursday, while the circulation of the virus continues to be intense in the country with more than 22,500 daily cases, according to the official report.