According to a decree published in the Official Journal on July 8, new professionals can perform anti-Covid vaccine injections. Who are they ?

In France, more than 25 million people, or more than 38% of the population, have a complete vaccination schedule. However, the pace of vaccination is slowing down. In question, the departure on vacation of health professionals as well as the population. On the other hand, there is no rest either for the coronavirus or for these variants. It is in particular the Delta variant which worries the health authorities, identified in India for the first time, because it could raise a fourth wave of epidemic in France. In addition to the progression of this mutation of the coronavirus, the summer period does not seem to be conducive to vaccination. This is why the Directorate General of Health has decided to authorize a dozen professionals to administer the anti-Covid serum. 

The following are therefore added to the list: 

• Medical physicists;
• Medical laboratory technicians;
• State-certified nursing assistants;
• State-certified childcare auxiliaries;
• State-certified ambulance drivers;
• State-certified physiotherapist masseurs;
• State-certified chiropodists;
• State-certified occupational therapists;
• State-certified psychomotor therapists;
• Speech therapists;
• Orthoptists;
• State-certified hearing aid acousticians;
• Dieticians;
• Opticians and eyewear;
• Orthopedists, podo-orthotists, ocularists, epithesists and orthopedists-orthotists;
• Dental assistants. 

Obviously, all of these new professionals must have ” followed specific training to carry out this act “. In addition, vaccination must be done under the responsibility of a doctor ” can intervene at any time ».

The decree specifies that before the first injection, a rapid diagnostic orientation test (TROD) can be carried out, in particular for “ people who have not already tested positive in the year before the injection “. The purpose of this practice is to prevent the patient from administering the second dose, which a new person may benefit from for their first injection. As a reminder, those who have contracted Covid-19 receive a single dose of vaccine. Thus, people who have been infected without knowing it will have complete vaccination coverage thanks to a dose of serum. The serological test can detect the presence of antibodies in the blood. It is performed by taking a drop of blood from the fingertip and reveals a past infection in an asymptomatic person.