France to open Covid vaccination mega centre in Disneyland Paris The French government is all set to open a Covid vaccination mega centre in Disneyland Paris next month.

 The French government is all set to open a Covid vaccination mega centre in Disneyland Paris next month.

April 1, 2021 by India Today Web Desk

Amidst the rising coronavirus cases in the country, the French government has decided to open a Covid vaccination mega centre in Disneyland Paris next month.

The amusement park is one of 35 “vaccinodromes” which is being opened throughout France in order to accelerate its vaccination roll-out, which has been among the slowest in Europe so far, The Independent reported.

According to Le Parisien, the site will consist of 40 local firefighters and nurses, who will administer the Pfizer vaccine to up to 1,000 people every day.

With a third national lockdown being announced earlier this month, the plans to reopen the theme park on 2 April have been put on hold.

New cases have continued to witness a surge since then, with over 5,000 Covid-19 patients currently in intensive care. French president Emmanuel Macron is set to make another announcement on Wednesday evening, during which he is expected to unveil even stricter confinement measures.

Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed possible cooperation on vaccines with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a joint video conference on Tuesday.

The Kremlin said in a statement that 'the trio had discussed the outlook for Russia's flagship Sputnik V vaccine being registered across the EU as well as potential deliveries and joint production of the vaccine inside the EU, The Independent reported.

The European Union's regulator the European Medicines Agency is yet to give a nod to Suptnik V, but is reviewing it. Meanwhile, some individual EU member states have either granted their approval or are assessing it for approval at a national level.

Use of the Russian vaccine has divided the 27-nation bloc with some such as Thierry Breton, the EU's internal market commissioner, saying it has no need for Sputnik V and others, such as Charles Michel, who chairs EU summits, accusing Moscow of using vaccines for propaganda, something it rejects.