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The most fragile French people will be able to receive a fourth dose of vaccine against Covid in a context of rebound in the epidemic.
Four in a row. The oldest French people will be able to receive a fourth dose of vaccine against Covid, as announced by Jean Castex in an interview with Parisian. This injection will be open from Monday “to those over 80 who have received their booster dose for more than three months, who are facing a progressive loss of their immunity”, explains the Prime Minister. This fourth dose is also available for “immunocompromised who were not eligible until now”specifies Jean Castex.
The Prime Minister also said to recommend “Strongly to people who are fragile because of their age or their pathologies to maintain the wearing of masks in closed places and in large gatherings.” And, this, while from Monday, the mask is no longer compulsory almost everywhere, except in transport and health establishments. Ditto for the vaccination pass.
No change in strategy
Why these precautions? Because there is currently a “recovery of cases”confirms Jean Castex, after the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, admitted an epidemic rebound on Friday. “The scientific council, which I have requested, tells us that it is above all the BA2 sub-variant which is at the origin of this reboundexplains Jean Castex. It is more transmissible than the initial omicron, but it does not appear to be more dangerous.” He wants proof that “Hospital pressure, which remains our justice of the peace, continues to drop”.
Not enough to change strategy, therefore, for the Prime Minister. “The improvement in the hospital and our high vaccination coverage lead us to maintain the lifting of the measures”he pleads, even if certain conditions set for the abolition of restrictions are not met (no progression of the epidemic, less than 1,500 people in intensive care with Covid).
On Saturday, there were 1,857 people in critical care wards, a slightly lower figure, and 20,860 people were still hospitalized, down 1,336 from a week ago. Contaminations have rebounded for several days, but have remained stable in 24 hours at 72,443.