(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) A total of nearly 6.65 million confirmed cases in France have released the third dose of vaccination opinions

  China News Agency, Paris, August 24 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 24th local time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France was close to 6.65 million.

The French health supervision department launched the third dose of new crown vaccination opinions on the same day.

  According to official epidemic data, France added 24,853 confirmed cases in a single day on the 24th, and the total number of confirmed cases was 6,649,630.

The cumulative number of deaths in France is now 113,788, with 153 new deaths.

The number of hospitalized patients in France is now 11066, and the number of severely ill patients is 2211.

  On the 24th, the French health regulatory authority released the third dose of new crown vaccination opinions.

The health supervision department recommends expanding the scope of people eligible for the third dose of vaccination, but pointed out that the priority in the coming weeks is to increase the vaccination coverage rate, especially for those over 80 years old whose vaccination coverage rate is still less than 80% The crowd speeds up vaccination.

  According to the opinion of the health supervision department, people who have completed two doses of Pfizer, Modena, AstraZeneca and other vaccines can receive the third dose 6 months after the completion of the vaccination.

According to the French official plan, the third dose of vaccine will be given to high-risk groups in September.

  As the French summer holidays are coming to an end, the school will start a new school year. Many people return to work from their vacation places, causing some people to worry about a new round of infection cases.

French government spokesman Attar said that the current epidemic in France is still stable, but the number of hospitalized patients will continue to increase in the next few days.

He also revealed that 85% of professional nursing staff in French aged care institutions have been vaccinated.

  According to official French data, 47.78 million people in France have received at least one dose of the vaccine, accounting for 70.9% of the French population; 42.04 million people have completed two doses, accounting for 62.4% of the French population.

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