The vaccination campaign with the AstraZeneca vaccine will "
probably
" not be extended to those under 55 in France, Minister of Health Olivier Véran said on Monday May 10.
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The High Authority for Health (HAS) decided in mid-March to restrict the use of the vaccine to people over 55 years of age because of rare cases of atypical thrombosis and coagulation disorders.
Asked on television whether the government was planning to expand the use of the vaccine to those under 55, Olivier Véran replied: "
Probably not at present
".
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The minister seized the HAS at the end of April to study the possibility of allowing all volunteers, whatever their age, to be vaccinated at AstraZeneca by signing a waiver.
He said Monday awaiting a response from HAS.
He also detailed the state of stocks of this vaccine in France, explaining that out of the two million doses received by the State last week, "
700,000 were ordered by liberal doctors, nurses, midwives
", 700 to 800,000 are set aside for a second injection and the rest are kept for vaccination centers. French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Saturday called on the approximately 13 million French people over 55 who are not vaccinated against Covid to do so "
with all vaccines, in particular with AstraZeneca
". “
Above 55 years old, the authorities are all unanimous in France as elsewhere that there is no danger. I urge you to get vaccinated with all vaccines, especially with AstraZeneca
He said.
Since the start of vaccination with AstraZeneca, “
30 cases, including 9 deaths
” of rare thromboses have occurred in France, out of more than 3,855,000 doses administered on April 29, according to the French Medicines Agency.