France to Offer 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose to Elderly

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Kamis, 7 April 2022 21:12 WIB

A health worker is preparing a Covid-19 vaccine for residents at the Bukit Sawangan Indah Housing Complex, Depok, West Java, Sunday, February 20, 2022. President Joko Widodo requested a second vaccination and booster or booster to accelerate its implementation as an effort to control the wave of COVID-19 transmission. TEMPO/M Taufan Rengganis

TEMPO.CO, Paris - France will offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 60 years old who have already received their booster dose, a senior official said on Thursday, April 6.

"We will be able to continue to provide the second booster dose for people aged 80 and above," French Minister for Health Olivier Veran told French radio RTL.

"And we will be able to offer it for French people aged 60 and over, if their booster shots were administrated six months ago," Veran said.

According to Veran, a second booster dose would reduce the risk of hospitalization, reanimation and death for those who are 60 years old and above.

In France, more than 500,000 people over the age of 60 have received their booster shots over six months ago, he added.

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