In force for 18 months, the obligation to vaccinate against Covid is coming to an end. The HAS has indeed reviewed its doctrine and now suggests that the injection “is highly recommended” for the professionals concerned.
“I will follow the advice of this scientific authority“, reacted Mr. Braun, promising to “consult hospital federations and health professions orders to define the terms of implementation“of this decision, who will”quickly“subject to a decree.
Seized in the fall by the Minister and by the National Assembly, the HAS ensures that its “recommendation to lift the obligation to vaccinate” against the Covid “does not in any way constitute a questioning of its previous opinions”.
She points out in passing that “the lifting of a vaccination obligation for professionals does not call into question the interest of this vaccination.
His opinion nevertheless sounds the death knell for a controversial measure, imposed in the midst of a health crisis on 2.7 million people: caregivers but also staff in hospitals and retirement homes, paramedics, home helpers and even firefighters.
Since September 2021, these professionals must attest to a complete vaccination schedule (two, then three doses), under penalty of being suspended, without remuneration.
A political hobbyhorse
A minority of refractory was still in this case in mid-March: “around 0.3% of agents“Hospitals according to the ministry, less than 2,000 among the liberals according to Health Insurance.
The question of their reintegration has, however, become a political battle horse, in particular for La France insoumise and the National Rally.
Beyond this sensitive file, the HAS has reviewed other compulsory vaccinations for caregivers. With contrasting conclusions. It thus suggests lifting the obligation concerning diphtheria, tetanus and poliomyelitis, except in Mayotte.
On the other hand, she advises to maintain that against hepatitis B and even to extend it to liberal caregivers “likely to be exposed to a risk of contamination”.