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COVID-19: French vaccine rollout slowed by red tape, focus on elderly Elders are perhaps the toughest group to start with, because of the need for informed consent and difficulties explaining the complex science of fast-tracked vaccines. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Dr. Cedric Waechter, left, administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a resident of the Bois Fleuris nursing home. (Photo | AP) By Associated Press PARIS: The few hours it took to give the first coronavirus vaccine shots to 14 residents of the John XXIII nursing home — named afte...

As France examines why its vaccination campaign has started so slowly, the answer lies partly in forests of red tape and the government’s decision to start with perhaps the toughest group to reach: the elderly in nursing homes.

Holiday-COVID Policies Lead to Hard Choices at French Nursing Homes The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:04:25 0:00 nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister since COVID-19 appeared. In fact, the 74-year-old thinks it has been two months since he even stepped outside the building. His situation is not unusual. Nursing homes in the country have used lockdowns to protect their residents from the sharp rise in new infections that began in autumn. But, those measures are suspended for the holiday season through January 3. France took the action to try to ease ...

In France, a pandemic dilemma over holiday rights for elders by John Leicester, The Associated Press Posted Dec 23, 2020 4:30 am EDT Last Updated Dec 23, 2020 at 4:42 am EDT Madame Geltzenlichter Raymonde receives a visit from her son and his wife at a nursing home in Kaysesberg, eastern France, Monday Dec. 21, 2020. France is springing elderly residents from care homes for the holiday season. The aim is to alleviate some of the mental suffering and solitude of the coronavirus pandemic by letting care-home residents spend time with family members over Christmas and New Year's. But the 20-day ...

John Leicester Madame Geltzenlichter Raymonde receives a visit from her son and his wife at a nursing home in Kaysesberg, eastern France, Monday Dec. 21, 2020. France is springing elderly residents from care homes for the holiday season. The aim is to alleviate some of the mental suffering and solitude of the coronavirus pandemic by letting care-home residents spend time with family members over Christmas and New Year's. But the 20-day window of opportunity is creating a dilemma for some families. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias) December 23, 2020 - 12:32 PM PARIS -...