French queue to get jabs to guarantee holidays

(15 Jul 2021) Queues appeared across France on Thursday at vaccination pop-up centres as the population looked to follow President Emmanuel Macron’s advice and receive their COVID-19 vaccinations, with restrictions for the non-vaccinated set to come into force. In a shopping mall in Levallois-Perret west of Paris, people waited patiently as staff worked to administer as many vaccines as possible. The Head of the vaccination centre, Franck Bruneteau noted the rise in numbers stating “it keeps on increasing“. The potential restrictions for the non-vaccinated which could affect holidays and eating out, has encouraged the take up of vaccines. 15-year-old Parisian Chloe Dril summed up the general feeling saying “we realized that everything will be closed for us if we are not vaccinated.“ An app that centralizes France’s vaccine and other medical appointments, Doctolib, announced Thursday that 2.6 million people signed up for injections since Macron gave a televise