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In France, a high vaccine coverage among healthcare workers against seasonal flu is an important public health objective, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic. We published an online questionnaire targeting all French healthcare workers investigating previous flu vaccination and intention for vaccination against the 2020-21 flu and COVID-19. The study invitation was disseminated through the GERES network during summer 2020. Among 3,556 participants, the majority worked in a hospital or nursing home setting. The results illustrate, for both vaccinations, the gradient of vaccine uptake across professional categories, higher among physicians than among nurses and weaker among nurse assistants. The results suggest that uptake could be improved by targeting promotion on healthcare workers who were occasionally vaccinated during past years and by improving access. Hypothetical acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination correlated with flu vaccination during recent years, even if performed sporadically.
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Two thousand three hundred and twenty nine health care professionals infected by the SARS-CoV-2 during the first wave of the epidemic in France, working in public/private hospitals and clinics, foster care homes and private practices, provided information on the potential circumstances of their contamination through an online questionnaire. The analysis of the collected data points to possible links of these differences with the availability of the type of masks and the recommendation and protocols used in the different types of facilities/activity sectors during February-April 2020, the period where 96% of the reported contaminations occurred. The study is still ongoing and will continue up to April 2021.
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