The exact scope of people who will be offered a vaccine booster against Covid-19 at the start of the school year should be the subject of arbitration "next week", the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.

"Today we have no arbitration, or even a completely stabilized view of the people who would be likely to be offered a third dose at the start of the school year," said the ministry during a weekly update on the vaccination campaign.

These arbitrations "will be rendered in principle next week", the same source said.

"We are starting to have a scientific consensus" on a possible "weakening of immune reflexes" in some people "around nine months after the first injection, and therefore it will possibly be necessary to revaccinate a certain number of people of nursing home type , people over 80 years old, people at very high risk of severe form, as early as nine months after their first injection, which could possibly take place as early as September, ”despite everything detailed the ministry.

A "recall campaign" in September

President Emmanuel Macron announced on July 12 that a “recall campaign” would begin “in early September” for people vaccinated “in January and February”, without specifying the exact outline. It was based on two opinions from the Scientific Council and the Vaccine Strategy Orientation Council [COSV] published in early July. Both qualify as "reasonable" the proposal for a "booster vaccination in people over 80 years living in nursing homes or at home" despite data "still limited", "given the first studies showing a drop in the level. antibodies earlier in this population and the possible significant impact on the healthcare system ”.

The COSV recommends adding people with a pathology exposing them to a "very high risk of developing a severe form of Covid" and mentions "additional data" to come "from a study underway in Montpellier" " on the level and duration of protection conferred by vaccination in the elderly ”.

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