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The flu vaccination campaign was launched on Tuesday, October 18. 16 million people at risk received a voucher from social security to be vaccinated free of charge and in priority.
Tuesday, October 18, a man receives the flu vaccine in a pharmacy. “It’s good to do it. (…) I have never been sick”, he explains. The regulars are present for the first day of the campaign. “We must be at fifteen, twenty vaccinations since this morning (…) they are rather old people, rather with pathologies”welcomes Michael Gommez, Pharmabest pharmacist in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis).
People over 65, people with chronic diseases, or suffering from obesity and pregnant women are at risk. Sixteen million of them have already received a voucher from social security to be vaccinated free of charge and as a priority. In 2021, only 52.6% of them have been vaccinated. According to public authorities, each year, flu vaccination saves 2,000 people at risk.