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Covid-19 vaccination in Paris and its suburbs for homeless and migrant people.

On 8th of June 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières has launched a vaccination campaign for people suffering extreme hardship. In cooperation with the Paris Regional Health Agency (Agence Régionale de Santé d’Ile-de-France), and at the request of associations, MSF teams have begun providing assistance to people in emergency shelters, day centres and workers' hostels or living out on the street. By reaching out to where particularly vulnerable people congregate, the association hopes to vaccinate at least 6,000 people in Paris and neighbouring suburb Seine-Saint-Denis by the end of September. MSF teams spent two weeks before the campaign raising awareness, advising and providing information. They will continue to do so for the duration of the campaign to ensure people get vaccinated and encourage them to come back for the second dose. Since March 2020, Médecins Sans Frontières has been delivering emergency assistance to ensure that people living in very challenging conditions are provided access to testing, isolation and medical treatment during the coronavirus pandemic. The association also runs mobile clinics for people living on the street so that they can continue to have access to primary health care. Over 5,000 medical examinations have already been given to migrants and/or people who have nowhere to go.

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