PARIS (Reuters) – Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Thursday France would open COVID-19 vaccination centres in cities before the start of February, amid growing criticism that the programme is rolling out too slowly.
Veran said on Twitter the government had decided to “speed up protection of priority public”, meaning medical workers aged over 50 would get a vaccine from Monday.
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(Reporting by Henri-Pierre Andre; Writing by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
