Facing a “resumption of virus circulation“, the “vaccination campaign” with “new bivalent vaccines against Omicron“will start”from October 3“, announces the Minister of Health François Braun on franceinfo, Tuesday September 27, 2022.
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“For the past three weeks, we have seen a resumption of the circulation of the virus“, indicates the minister, evoking “a new booster dose for target populations“. This is going to concern “frail people, people over 60, health professionals and people who are in contact with frail people“. This will not affect the general population, even if “of course, if you want to get vaccinated, you can“, he continues. “From October 3, we will have available in pharmacies, at vaccination centers, this new bivalent vaccine, that is to say this vaccine which vaccinates you on the wild strain but also against Omicron“, specifies François Braun.
Covid: the beginning of the 8th wave? ➡️ “We have seen a resumption of the circulation of the virus for three weeks”, admits François Braun. “We are heading for a new booster dose, not for the whole population: fragile people, people over 60.” pic.twitter.com/sknIoGq34n
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Regarding the wearing of a mask, François Braun calls for “regain common sense“: “When we’re on top of each other, it’s more reasonable to put on your mask. When you are with a very fragile person, you put on your mask“.
Covid-19 contaminations have accelerated in recent days in France after a recovery that began in early September, but with consequences still uncertain in the hospital, detailed the health authorities in mid-September. “The circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has accelerated throughout mainland France with strong growth in virological indicators“, summed up Public Health France in a point published over the period from September 12 to 18.
Another sign of a resurgence of the epidemic: more than a million Covid-19 tests were carried out last week in France. This barometer of the health crisis thus exceeds the symbolic threshold of one million for the first time in six weeks, after having reached its lowest levels in August for two years.