France's cautious approach to its virus vaccine rollout appears to have backfired, leaving just a few hundred people vaccinated after the first week and rekindling anger over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
In France, a country of 67 million people, just 516 people were vaccinated in the first six days while Germany's first-week total surpassed 200,000 and Italy's was over 100,000. Millions, meanwhile, have been vaccinated in the US and China.
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French President Emmanuel Macron was holding a special meeting with top government officials Monday afternoon to address the vaccine strategy and other virus developments.
The slow vaccine rollout is being blamed on mismanagement and staffing shortages during end-of-year vacations – as well as a complex consent policy designed to accommodate broad vaccine skepticism among the French public.
