In the midst of the fifth wave of Covid-19, the French flock to vaccination appointments.
On Tuesday, 217,747 slots for a booster dose were reserved on Doctolib, according to platform statistics, a new record.
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The precedent dated November 10, during which 198,166 appointments for a vaccination booster had been made, the day after Emmanuel Macron's ninth speech since the start of the Covid-19 crisis.
During this, the President of the Republic announced the obligation for those over 65, as of December 15, to receive a booster dose of vaccine (a third dose in most cases) to keep their pass sanitary.
He had also indicated that the recall campaign would be open to 50-64 year olds from the beginning of December.
The evolution of the anti-Covid vaccination booster campaign.
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The booster dose soon to be extended?
Tuesday's record, on the other hand, seems more difficult to understand. No doubt it is linked to the deterioration of the epidemic situation in France. On Tuesday, more than 30,000 new cases of Covid-19 were identified in 24 hours, a bar that had not been reached since August. On Sunday, government spokesperson Gabriel Attal warned that the fifth wave was starting "
in a dazzling fashion
", on the set of the "
Grand rendez-vous
" on Europe 1-
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CNews. A new health defense council takes place this Wednesday morning at the Elysee Palace, during which the extension of the booster dose should be decided, probably to over 40s, as recommended by the High Authority for Health (HAS ) last Friday.
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After a sluggish start, the recall campaign gained momentum.
According to the Ministry of Health, 5.8 million people received their third dose, or three-quarters of the eligible population today.
