Castex: France needs to speed up vaccination

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French Prime Minister Jean Castex has called on the French to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, noting that fewer and fewer people are applying for vaccinations in the summer.

- We vaccinate 200 people a day with the first dose, said Castex during a visit to southwestern France, where 70 percent of all new cases are infected with a new variant of the Delta virus.

- That is not enough, we handled much better and we need to do even better, he said.

The government wants 35 million people to be fully vaccinated in two doses by the end of August, or more than half of the French population, compared to the current 28 percent.

Castex also said regional authorities may need to postpone the next phase of relaxed social distance restrictions, which start on July 1, including the lifting of capacity restrictions in most indoor and outdoor or sports concerts. events.

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