COVID-19: In Martinique, mediation advocates a postponement of vaccine obligation

Arrival on November 1st in Fort-de-France to find a crisis exit to the conflict, the national mediator formulated six recommendations transmitted to the government.

Le Monde with AFP.

The mediation mandated by the Government at the CHU of Martinique, where the Intersyndicale opposes the health care and the immunization obligation of the caregivers, recommended on Friday 12 November the postponement of the obligation as of December 31, date of The end of the state of emergency sanitary in this overseas department.

Arrival the 1 er November in Fort-de-France to find a crisis exit to the current conflict, the National Ombudsman Danielle Tourière said, at a press conference, having met More than a hundred people during his stay on the island, where the population “worried and fractured” was “particularly experienced by a fourth murderous wave”.

According to the latest figures of the Regional Health Agency (ARS), 700 people died on CVIV-19 suites at CHU of Fort-de-France since the beginning of the epidemic, and only 38.6% 12 years and older present a complete vaccination scheme.

During the virologist Emmanuel Gordien, and the Director of Labor at the Prefecture Léandre Beairoy, the National Ombudsman has not managed to set up mediation, facing the intersyndical of the health that demanded the enlargement of the part of its mission beyond the public service alone. “My mission is over, even if we never formally returned to mediation as we were hoping,” said Danielle Tourus, whose mission was scheduled until November 12th.

Six recommendations

In a letter sent to the Ministries of Health and Overseas, the National Ombudsman, however, formulated six recommendations in order to “maintain the capacity of patients” to the CHU of Martinique, who “fear a degradation. care with the division “which reigns between the hospital teams.

Among these recommendations, the Ombudsman proposes a postponement of the deadline concerning the immunization obligation. Initially planned on 24 October, after a first waiver, the first injection must be made on December 6th. The second dose, which was to be mandatory on November 15 on the island, would be postponed to December 31.

During this period, M me Touvillier recommends maintaining free PCR and antigenic testing. Finally, “for those who do not wish to be vaccinated, a support and support system for reclassification or professional reconversion is to be expected,” advocates the mission.

The response of the Ministers Olivier Véran and Sébastien Lecornu is expected in the coming days.

/Media reports.