Covid-19: vaccination centers will "resume activity", says Attal

Vaccination centers, which had closed at the end of the summer after six months of a mass vaccination campaign, will "resume activity" to help with the booster dose, government spokesman Gabriel said Thursday. Attal.

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"With the increase in injections linked to the vaccination booster, today for those over 65 and tomorrow for those over 50, this may lead to vaccination centers which had closed - or which had reduced the wing - to resume an activity ", indicated Mr. Attal on LCI, questioned on a possible reopening of" vaccinodromes "in the coming weeks.

The vaccination centers "have shown all their effectiveness, they are identified", and "the French know them, they know where to go", he pleaded.

But also "at his doctor's, in pharmacy"

People over 65 and those with comorbidities can for several weeks make a booster, otherwise they will see their health pass deactivated, "six months and five weeks" after the previous injection, from December 15.

For 50-64 year olds, the recall campaign will be open from the beginning of December.

"At the level of each territory and local communities, mayors also know what the needs of their population are, whether there is a need to strengthen a vaccination center or to reopen," said Mr. Attal.

But "there are other ways to access vaccination and booster", "to his doctor, in pharmacy", also recalled the spokesman of the government.

Nearly "5 million French people have recalled" to date, for an eligible audience of 7.7 million people, welcomed Mr. Attal.

"It places us above most of our European neighbors, but it is still too little", he judged as France faces a fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.