Overseas Network, May 26. On the 25th local time, the French National Health Service (HAS) issued a report saying that by the fall of 2022, some people may need to be vaccinated against the new crown again to strengthen the protection of high-risk groups and reduce the incidence of new crowns rate and mortality, and, if necessary, a second dose of a Covid-19 "boost" may be recommended for the entire adult population.
According to the "Parisian" report, France is currently mainly targeting the population aged 60 and over and immunosuppressed patients to receive the second dose of the new crown "booster shot", also known as the "fourth shot".The French National Health Administration expects that in the autumn of 2022, the new crown "booster shot" should be supplemented for people at high risk of serious infection with the new crown, especially the immunocompromised people and their surrounding people, the elderly 65 years old and above, and those with severe new crown infection. Patients with comorbidities at high risk of infection, such as obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental illness, etc.
At present, about 25,000 people in France are receiving the second dose of the new crown "booster shot" every day. Nearly 20% of the population over the age of 80 have been vaccinated, and nearly 7% of the population between the ages of 60 and 79 have been vaccinated.France's new health minister, Brigitte Bourguignon, admitted in an interview with the media on the 25th that the progress of the second dose of the new crown "booster shot" was quite slow, "We must put this issue back on the agenda and remember that in In the autumn, the epidemic may break out again on a small scale." She emphasized that although the most difficult period of the new crown epidemic has passed, the epidemic is not over yet.
The French National Health Service also recommended that by the autumn, the new crown vaccine is combined with the flu vaccination, noting that there are still many uncertainties about the evolution of the new crown epidemic, and it does not rule out modifying its recommendations later.In a worst-case scenario, for example, if a mutated SARS-CoV-2 virus is more contagious or more likely to cause severe infection, a second Covid-19 "boost" might be recommended for the entire adult population.
Epidemiologist Odile Launay, a member of the French New Crown Vaccine Strategy Steering Committee, also said that more data are still needed to know whether the efficacy of the new crown vaccine for preventing serious infections in all age groups has dropped sharply over time, not ruling out The possibility that a second dose of a Covid-19 "booster" will be available to the entire adult population.
In addition, so far, about 7% of the population eligible for the new crown vaccination in France still has not received any vaccine. The French National Health Administration emphasized that it should continue to be vaccinated. Vaccination of high-risk groups.(Overseas Network - Paris - Lujia)
