slight influx in pharmacies for the booster dose

Fourth dose or second vaccine booster. Whatever name you give it, it is now accessible to people over 60. Get vaccinated, because contamination is increasing. This pharmacist ensures that a majority of positive cases are symptomatic. “They have a fever, headache, sore throat. On Saturday, of the 28 tests we carried out, 18 were positive”says Isabelle Lacombe.

Health authorities are also urging the most vulnerable to get vaccinated as soon as possible. “This second booster dose reduces the risk of having a symptomatic form of the disease, reduces the risk of being hospitalized and the risk of death”, says Bruno Mergarbane, head of the resuscitation department at Lariboisière hospital (Paris). For the time being, health agencies do not recommend a fourth dose for people under 60 in good health.