France launched a vaccine renewal campaign on Monday aimed at protecting the elderly and the most vulnerable to develop severe forms of COVID-19.
On Monday, the French government launched a new COVID-19 reinforcement vaccination campaign aimed at the elderly and vulnerable.
The campaign will be held until at least June 15, 2025. Then it can be extended to July, if health officials think it is necessary.
The vaccine prior authority was recommended by the National Health Authority of France, the HAUTE SELFITÉ DE SANÉ, In a report published in March.
Despite the fact that he now has one leg about five years since the beginning of the pandemic, the last variant of the virus is still a circulation in France, designed at lower levels than in previous years.
In his most recent newsletter, Santé Publique France said they were not immediate public health concerns about COVID-19. However, certain groups are still at risk of developing a serious form of the disease, especially before the busy summer travel season.
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As such, the last campaign will go:
- Any person 80 years or older;
- Any person with immune systems of weakening, regardless of their age;
- People residing in care homes or long -term care units, regardless of their age;
- And any person with a very high risk of compliance with each individual medical situation and as part of a medical decision shared with the care team.
Vaccines can be repeated three months after the last injection or the last infection of COVID-19.
Residents of elderly households and long -term care centers may receive this new injection directly in their facilities.
For all others, the vaccine can be administered by general doctors or specialists, pharmacists, nurses, midwives or hospital departments where the person is being treated.
Covid-19 vaccines are completely reimbursed from the French public health insurance system, for registered persons.
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