France’s Macron uses social media to push for vaccination

In this computer screenshot, Macron speaks on a popular social media app on Aug 3, 2021, in a new push to encourage vaccinations against Covid-19, combat ‘false information’ and reach out to younger people. Filming himself from his summer residency at Fort de Bregancon on the French Riviera and wearing a casual T-shirt, Macron, 43, offered to answer people’s questions in a video posted on Instagram and Tiktok. — AP

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has taken to popular social media apps in a new push to encourage vaccinations against Covid-19, combat “false information” and reach out to younger people.

Filming himself from his summer residency at Fort de Bregancon on the French Riviera wearing a casual T-shirt, Macron, 43, offered to answer people’s questions in a video posted on Instagram and Tiktok.