A call to order a little less than a month before the Christmas holidays, conducive to reunions and therefore to the mixing of the population.

The rates of vaccinations against influenza and Covid-19 are "insufficient", alerted the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

“There are three weeks of mobilization left before Christmas, it is now that it is played”, we indicated during a press point the Ministry of Health and Prevention.

On Monday, 2 million people had received a booster shot against Covid-19 since the launch of the booster campaign on October 3 with bivalent vaccines.

Among them, 1.8 million people have been injected with such vaccines, which target the original strain and the Omicron strain of Covid.

Only 21% of people aged 80 and over are “sufficiently protected”

By age group, 9.4% of people aged 80 and over received a dose of bivalent vaccines, as well as 7.2% of people aged 60-79.

According to the ministry, only 21% of people aged 80 and over and 37% of people aged 60-79 are today "sufficiently protected by the vaccine or a previous infection".

Regarding the flu, whose vaccination campaign began on October 18, the figures are down 13% compared to last year, with 5 million vaccines reimbursed by health insurance on November 20.

“We have a very significant margin for progress”, underlined the Ministry of Health, launching a message of “total mobilization” to all people in the target of vaccination: the over 60s, the immunocompromised, their relatives and health professionals.



People over 60 whose last infection or dose was more than 6 months ago (three months for those over 80) "can and should have a 5th dose", insisted the ministry.

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