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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.