While France has just opened the vaccine booster against the Coronavirus to over 50s, the United States is shifting into high gear.

U.S. health officials on Friday gave the green light for a third dose to all fully vaccinated adults at least six months ago.

The United States Medicines Agency (FDA) has indicated that this emergency use authorization granted to Pfizer and Moderna helps "to provide continued protection against Covid-19, including against serious consequences that may arise, such as 'hospitalization or death'.

The two pharmaceutical groups had earlier announced that they had obtained authorization from the FDA.

"This emergency use authorization comes at a critical time, as we enter the winter months and face an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations across the country" , said Moderna boss Stéphane Bancel.

Cases on the rise again in the United States

People 18 years and over who received the single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson in the United States already had the right to a second dose, two months after their injection.

For people vaccinated with Pfizer and Moderna, the third dose was previously reserved for certain categories of the population only: those over 65 years of age, adults at risk of developing a severe form of the disease, or those at high risk of the virus due for example of their work.

This announcement comes as cases are on the rise again in the United States, with an average of 85,000 new cases of Covid-19 daily (compared to around 70,000 at the end of October), and around 1,000 deaths per day.

Some US states, including California, had already started authorizing booster doses for all adults, even before the recommendations of health agencies, in the hope of containing the spread of the epidemic before the holiday season. .

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