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A recall campaign anti Covid-19 will start Monday, October 3. This vaccination is not compulsory. The high authority de Santé, on the other hand, recommends it for people over 60 and for people at risk, who will be able to benefit from the latest generation vaccines.
The new vaccine adapted to Omicron has already arrived, Sunday, October 2, in a Parisian pharmacy. This booster dose was expected by Jean-François and Brigitte Triniac90 and 83 years old. “I want it to be effective. We almost lost a son to Covid three years ago. I know gravity“, confides Brigitte. Twenty bottles have already been delivered. The official recall campaign begins Monday, October 3.
To deliver the pharmacies, activity is in full swing, as at OCP Distribution, a pharmaceutical distribution company. Pharmacies have placed orders in large numbers to receive the vaccine, intended primarily for the elderly or frail. “We have noted a strong demand for this vaccine, compared to the original Moderna”notes Véronique Jung, pharmacist in charge ofOCP Division. His company will ship 50,000. According to Dr Benjamin davidoinfectious disease specialist athospital Raymond-Poincare (AP-HP) of Garches (Hauts-de-Seine)the vaccine could curb the eighth wave of Covid-19.
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