DThe figures are in clear decline. The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 is not being emulated this year in France. Only two million people have received a dose since October 15, half as many as in 2023. Last year, at the same time, 4.4 million doses had been administered, the Ministry of Health reported to the regional press, including The Parisian et Provence.
Among seniors, vaccination coverage at the end of the winter season should remain far from the 30.2% reached last year. This disavowal is explained in particular by “a feeling of overexposure to vaccination, weariness when it is not distrust with very present misinformation or even a fear of side effects”.
The flu vaccination is also slipping, but not collapsing. Nearly 9 million doses were delivered to pharmacies in almost two months, compared to 9.2 million last year.
Vaccination before the holidays
Faced with the drop in vaccination, health authorities are talking about the need for “remobilization” before the holidays, particularly for those at risk, to avoid serious forms of the disease. “The vaccine takes fifteen days to be effective, with the approach of winter and the end-of-year holidays, it is therefore time to take action to be protected and prevent serious forms of these respiratory viruses,” said the ministry told the regional press.
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