Covid-19 is back. Faced with an increase in the circulation of the coronavirus, the Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, announced bringing forward the vaccination campaign by two weeks. The latter, initially scheduled for October 17, will begin on October 2.
The Minister of Health explained that he was following the advice of the Committee for Monitoring and Anticipation of Health Risks (Covars) which recommends “access to the vaccination booster as soon as possible”. Who is affected by this vaccination campaign? Where to get vaccinated and what vaccines will be offered? Le Figaro takes stock.
On its website, Health Insurance reminds that it is strongly recommended that people most at risk of developing a severe form receive the booster dose, with the aim of maintaining their immunity to the virus at a high level. The people concerned are:
For people not on this list, the booster dose is no longer recommended. However, they will be able to be vaccinated free of charge if they wish to do so.
The vaccination campaign will initially use the new Pfizer vaccine, adapted to the current majority circulating variant, XBB.1.5. Then the bivalent messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, adapted to the Omicron variant. Alternatively, for people who do not wish to and those who cannot benefit from the last category (contraindications), “it is possible to use as a booster the VidPrevtyn Beta vaccines from Sanofi and Nuvaxovid from Novavax”, specifies the Health Insurance website.
Some 2.5 million doses are currently available, the minister told AFP, specifying that in total we would have “13.5 million doses” by November.
It is possible to get vaccinated in a pharmacy, from a doctor, from a nurse, a dental surgeon, and a midwife. For residents in nursing homes and USLDs, vaccination is organized by the establishment.
