A new vaccination campaign against Covid-19, targeting older people, over 80 years old, and immunocompromised people regardless of their age, starts in France this Monday. The objective remains to “protect the most fragile likely to develop serious forms and present severe complications”, the Ministry of Health indicated in February.
The High Authority for Health (HAS), requested by the ministry, decided this winter in favor of “a spring vaccination campaign against Covid-19 for people aged 80 and over, as well as residents of nursing homes/ USLD (long-term care units) and immunocompromised people”, from April 15 to June 16.
Extension until July 15 possible
Any other person wishing a booster will, however, be able to claim it free of charge, provided they respect a period of three months after their last injection or Covid infection. The vaccines for the spring campaign will be, as first line, that of Pfizer/BioNTech (with messenger RNA) targeting the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant or, as second line, that of Novavax (with recombinant protein).
The HAS also recommended planning an extension until July 15 “if the epidemiological situation justifies it”. The fall-winter campaign mainly targeted those over 65, vulnerable people, those suffering from co-morbidities, pregnant women, nursing home residents or even individuals in contact with vulnerable people.