France’s inoculation drive has been criticised as slow, with 11.45 percent of French people having received one or more jabs, compared with 43.79 percent of Britons. But Macron told Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) newspaper France had significantly ramped up the pace of vaccinating and suggested Britain’s campaign could face headwinds. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday suggested Britain, which has prioritised getting first vaccine doses to as many people as possible, would struggle to obtain the second doses they needed for full protection. On Saturday, France recorded an additional 42,619 infections — several times the target of 5,000 daily cases Macron set in late 2020. Pressed on whether he was planning to tighten restrictions, Macron told the weekly: “Nothing has been decided”.

Source: The Local March 28, 2021 13:15 UTC