China News Service Paris, March 12 (Reporter Li Yang) French official announced on the evening of the 12th local time that the fourth dose of the new crown vaccination will be launched from the 14th.
French Prime Minister Castel announced the above decision on the same day. According to official arrangements, the fourth dose of vaccination will begin from the 14th, and the vaccination scope will be for people over 80 years old and vulnerable people with low immune function.
Castel said that 4.1 million French people over 80 will be able to make an appointment for a fourth dose of the vaccine, of which 3.1 million have received three doses of the vaccine. He reminded that not all people who have received the third dose of the vaccine are eligible for the fourth dose of the vaccine, and the third dose of the vaccine must be more than three months before they can continue to be vaccinated.
France was studying the feasibility of receiving the fourth dose of the vaccine as early as the end of last year. France's new confirmed cases have continued to rebound recently, and the launch of a fourth dose of the vaccine is considered one of the measures to deal with the epidemic. French officials said that they have listened to the opinions of the scientific committee on responding to the epidemic on the launch of the fourth dose of vaccination.
French vaccine pass measures will also be cancelled on the 14th as planned. How to protect the elderly and vulnerable groups while further relaxing epidemic prevention measures has become an important issue of official concern.
data shows that France had 72,443 new confirmed cases per day on the 12th, an increase of 35% compared with the same period last week; France's average daily new confirmed cases continue to rebound to about 63,000, an increase of 21% compared with the same period last week.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases in France is now 23453722; the cumulative number of deaths is now 140,080, and 52 new deaths are now. The number of hospitalized patients and severe patients in the French new crown remains stable, with the number of hospitalized patients now being 20,860; the number of severe patients now being 1,857.
The incidence of new coronavirus in French Martinique has soared since the beginning of this month, and has now reached 3377 infected people per 100,000 residents, while the figure at the beginning of this month was 584 infected people per 100,000 residents. In order to respond to the epidemic, the local area has implemented curfews and other measures. Some analysts believe that the surge in the local COVID-19 incidence may be caused by festival celebrations. (End)
