when can you be vaccinated based on your age?

New for the famous vaccination schedule so promoted by the executive. This Monday, April 12, 2021, in addition to the arrival of self-tests available in pharmacies, the age of people who can go get “stung” is increasing. During his speech on March 31, 2021, Emmanuel Macron said that the first meetings “for people who are between 60 and 70 years old” would be open from mid-April and from mid-June for “all French people under 50”. But today, the situation has changed. People over 55 can now ask to be vaccinated. A small panorama of the modified calendar is in order.

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# 1 People over 70

Nothing changes on this point, all people over the age of 70 have the possibility to be vaccinated. You will therefore be injected in a vaccination center with one of the two messenger RNA vaccines, validated in France, Pfizer / BioNtech or Moderna. Those over 75 are given priority. Since March 31, 2021, the Health Insurance offers priority access. You just have to contact the organization by phone, SMS or mail, they will take care of everything. “Contact the national toll-free number 0800 009 110 (open every day from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.) to be redirected to the switchboard of the center closest to her home or to obtain support when making an appointment “, Explain solidarites-sante.gouv.fr.

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# 2 People 55 years of age or older

This is new, even those over 55 without comorbidities can benefit from vaccination. In Sunday Newspaper, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, explained that two vaccines will be offered, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. “As of April 14, for all the first injections, we will offer a booster at 42 days instead of the current 28. This will allow us to vaccinate more quickly without seeing any reduction in protection”, he added concerning “the spacing of the two doses of messenger RNA vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna”. People over 50 who suffer from co-morbidities can already be vaccinated at a vaccination center, at their doctor’s, pharmacy, nursing office and since February 25, 2021, via occupational medicine.

# 3 People under 50

For the moment, it is not possible to be vaccinated at 49 years of age and under, co-morbidities or not. Vaccination is open at these ages only for nursing staff. If the schedule and these new vaccinations bear fruit, the government has announced that those under 50 will be able to be vaccinated from mid-June. Emmanuel Macron promised that “All adults wishing to be vaccinated could be vaccinated by the end of summer 2021.” Let us cross our fingers very strong, because in many vaccination centers, doses are missing.