Demand for hourly vaccination against COVID-19 has increased in Franceafter President Emmanuel Macron has stepped up pressure on older citizens to make an appointment for booster doses, DPA reported.
Nearly 150,000 people made an appointment for a booster dose just yesterday through Doctolib, announced the popular online platform today.
From mid-December, people over the age of 65 will need to receive a booster dose, which means for the most part a third injection, to keep their so-called vaccination passport valid.
Green light in France for health gaps until the summer of 2022
The decision is of the Constitutional Council of the country
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People will need to provide this document or proof of recovery from COVID-19 or a recent negative coronavirus test to visit restaurants and bars or travel by plane or train for long distances.
The rules also apply to some extent to the workplace.
As of December, people over the age of 50 must be eligible for a booster vaccine, Macron said.
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Macron recommends a third dose of vaccine to vulnerable French people
In a televised speech he delivered today
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Macron called on the population to be vaccinated in a televised address last night, warning that the pandemic was not over.
Pointing to the growth of those infected, the president insisted: “Book an appointment now.”
Since France began administering booster doses in late August, around 3.8 million of the 7.7 million eligible people received the additional injection.
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Macron speaks on COVID-19 and its economic reform agenda
He will speak on Tuesday
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French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen announced today stricter police checks to ensure that the rules are followed.
He noted that Macron had asked him to act in light of the growing number of people infected.
The seven-day infectivity rate in France – the number of registered infections per 100,000 people in a week – is currently just under 75.
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