In the southern city of Nice, 320 staff members at the university hospital were suspended on Wednesday and about 100 others are still investigating their condition, Isabel Butrell, the facility’s media relations officer, told CNN.
A dozen resignations have been submitted by health workers over the policy, but Veran said there is “no chaos” stemming from the departure.
On 12 July, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that all healthcare workers, including hospitals, nursing and retirement homes and home-care nurses, should be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or suspended or suspended from 15 September. should go. threat of dismissal.
There are about 27 lakh health workers in the country.
Macron’s move was part of a broader set of measures to encourage vaccination after the rate of jabs slowed in the summer.
Since August, any adult who does not have a “health pass”, showing evidence of their vaccination status or a recent negative test, is allowed to enter bars and cafes or travel long distances by train. has been unable to.
Veran said most of the health workers suspended so far are support workers, adding that “a large number of suspensions are only temporary.”
“Many of them decided to vaccinate, given that liability was a reality,” he said.
Veran said the most important thing is that “everyone who has come into contact with fragile or elderly French people is vaccinated from now on.”
On Wednesday, the country’s seven-day coronavirus incidence fell below 100 positive cases per 100,000 people for the first time since July 18, according to data from the Public Health Agency.
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