Adolescents aged 12 and over will be able to get vaccinated from June 15. This is what Emmanuel Macron announced this Wednesday, June 2, 2021 during a trip to the Lot. A decision confirmed the same evening by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran who anticipates the opinion of the High Authority of Health (HAS) whose publication is expected this Thursday.

Until now, only minors aged 16 to 18 with certain serious diseases or close to immunocompromised people were eligible for vaccination against Covid-19 in France. During a trip to Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, in the Lot, Emmanuel Macron announced this Wednesday, June 2, 2021, that adolescents aged 12 to 17 can now be vaccinated from June 15. According to the President of the Republic, all minors at least 12 years old will be able to receive their first dose of vaccine. ” The conditions of organization, consent and proper information will be specified in the coming days He said.

The vaccine used will be the messenger RNA vaccine developed by the American laboratory Pfizer and the German company BioNTech. Indeed, this decision follows the approval given last Friday by the European Medicines Agency for the use of this vaccine for this age group. As a reminder, this is the first vaccine that was authorized last December in Europe for people over 16 years old.

Pending the opinion of the High Authority for Health (HAS) whose publication is expected this Thursday, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, last night provided some details during a televised address on TF1. He announced, among other things, that vaccination ” will in no case be obligatory ” and this ” will do on a voluntary basis and with the parents’ consent ‘. ” You may need permission from both parents “, Emits Olivier Véran who adds that details will be given next Monday after consultation of the Ethics Council. In addition, he assured that the vaccination will take place in the vaccination centers and not in pharmacies or at the attending physician. Be that as it may, the vaccination of adolescents is part of a ” collective immunity movement in order to avoid class and college closures and to protect the weakest »As Olivier Véran explained.