are the centers ready for the third dose?

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S. Piard, N. Tabouri, N. Coadou, A. Fischer, P. Wursthorn, A. Da Silva – France 2

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Appointments for a third dose of Covid-19 vaccine have been skyrocketing since Emmanuel Macron’s new announcements. By December 15, nearly 9 million French people will have to have their recall to keep their health pass.

Nearly 200,000 people received a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday, November 10. In a pharmacy, seniors are looking for an appointment. Relieved, a woman will receive her third injection, her sesame to keep her health pass from December 15. “I would not necessarily have been vaccinated if it had not been for all these constraints”, she assures.

In mid-December, more than five million people over 65 will be eligible for the vaccine booster. For three days, on the platform Doctolib, the appointment setting is racing. More than 214,000 appointments have was taken on Wednesday 10 November alone. An influx that must be managed in pharmacies. “There is all the administration that may take longer than the vaccination”, explains Doctor Renaud Nadjahi, pharmacist and vice-president of the Union of trade unions of dispensing pharmacists.


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