This decision comes two days after the opinion of the European regulator, which approved the administration of a booster dose for all adults over 18 years old.
Le Monde
The High Health Authority (HAS) approved, Wednesday, October 6, the administration of a VVID-19 vaccine recall dose for “professionals who take care of or accompany [of the] vulnerable people ( Caregivers, sanitary and medico-social professionals) “, as well as” the entourage of immunocompromised persons “, she said in a statement.
This decision follows that of the European Medicines Agency (AEM), which approved Monday the administration of a third dose of the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine for all adults over 18, leaving the Opportunity for Member States to define a priority population.
3.5 million professionals concerned
The latest published data confirming “the utility of the reminder to protect from a severe form of the disease and intake of [ANT] elements on its interest in reducing the
Transmission of the SARS-COV-2 virus “, the has therefore recommends the administration of a six-month recall dose” among professionals in the health and medico-social sector but also to the whole Sanitary transport professionals “.
This recommendation concerns about 3.5 million people in these sectors, considers the High Authority. These are added between 350,000 and 400,000 people who constitute the entourage of immunocompromised persons, according to the estimates of the orientation council of the vaccine strategy, cited in the statement.
At the end of August, the has already advocated A reminder dose for people over 65 and for those at risk of serious forms of COVID-19.