According to the entity, the objective is to protect as many French people as possible from severe forms and deaths from the disease, responsible on French soil for almost 165,000 deaths since its outbreak in March 2020, one of the hardest-hit countries. because of the pandemic.
Likewise, he stressed the importance of limiting viral circulation and preserving the health system, which is going through a moment of calm after the tension caused at the end of last year by the ninth wave of infections with Covid-19.
Currently, those hospitalized due to the attack of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus amount to 12,991, of them 733 in intensive care, figures well removed from the 24,993 and 1,483, respectively, registered on December 28.
The High Health Authority recommended the booster dose of the vaccine for those over 65 years of age, pregnant women, the immunosuppressed and those affected by chronic conditions.
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