France’s health authority has set out its stance on Covid-19 boosters for 2023 and is containing its recommendations to an Autumn booster vaccination only for people considered at risk of developing a severe form of the virus.
The recommendations will be in parallel and similar to the ones of the seasonal flu jab.
The new recommendation for ‘living with Covid-19’ was outlined by the Haute Autorité de santé (HAS) and confirmed in a statement on February 24 as it published new vaccine recommendations.
This is the first time HAS, an independent authority whose findings are not binding but which are generally followed by the government, no longer recommends boosters for the general population.
The relaxation of policy is because the Omicron variant is considered a much less severe variety of Covid.
Whilst the HAS no longer recommends more vaccination against Covid-19 among the general public, it does stress the “importance of allowing any person who requests a booster dose to be allowed to have one and also that this should be issued free of charge”.
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