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Covid: “better days” soon, infectious disease specialist Pierre Tattevin says

A little bit of optimism amid the war against Covid… This Thursday March 4, Head of the Société de pathologie infectieuse de langue française and Rennes university hospital infectious disease professor Pierre Tattevin said “better days” were to come “rather soon”.

Covid: would we have to get yearly booster shot against the virus?

Would Covid seasonality have us get yearly booster shot, like we do against the flu? A question INSERM scientist and infectious disease specialist Odile Launay tried to answer to this Monday March 1 on LCI.

Covid vaccine: new diseases added to the list of people given priority for vaccination

Who should be prioritized for Covid-19 vaccines? A question the Haute Autorité de Santé is expected to officially answer to this Monday November 30, along with guidelines as for France’s vaccine strategy. The list of people given priority is extended as vaccines arrive, including - starting Wednesday March 3, 2021 - people suffering from mental disorders, among others. Keep reading to find out more!

Covid: one dose of vaccine is said to be enough for people who have been already infected by the virus

In a report given to the government this Friday February 12, the French Haute Autorité de Santé has stated that people who have been already infected by Covid will only get one, and only one, dose of vaccine, for those given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. The reason? These people – who have been infected already – have then already develop antibodies and only one injection is said to protect them as much, and even more than those given two doses if they have not been infected before.

Covid: who and when can one get a vaccine?

Despite the details of the mass Covid vaccine campaign and the different steps explained by Jean Castex and Olivier Véran a few weeks ago, you still do not know which group you belong to? What step you are part of? How to know if you can get a vaccine? Here are answers.

Vaccine: vaccine manufacturing, new appointments... the latest governmental announcements

As part of a press brief held this Thursday February 4, 2021, Jean Castex and his ministers addressed the ongoing vaccine campaign widely detailed this January 5 by Health Minister Olivier Véran. New appointments to get the first dose, vaccine supply in France... Here is more on the matter!

Covid-19: Russian vaccine Sputnik V is 91.6% effective, The Lancet says

As in November 2020 results of the Russian Covid vaccine Sputnik V sparked many doubts given the lack of transparency and as they cut corners in the development of the vaccine, this Tuesday February 2, independent experts released their own assessment in The Lancet. Good news: Sputnik V is 91.6% effective - and not 95% as previously announced. The vaccine is waiting for approval from the European Union to be authorized for marketing very soon.

Covid: lockdown, vaccine… Emmanuel Macron’s latest statements

This Tuesday February 2, 2021 French President Emmanuel Macron was invited on TF1 to address the ongoing Covid vaccine campaign. He also made several announcements. New lockdown, vaccine production centers opening, campaign timeliness… Here is more on the matter.

Covid: AstraZeneca vaccine approved by France's Haute Autorité de Santé for people under 65

Appproved by the European Medicines Agency since this Friday January 29, Covid vaccine by AstraZeneca has been approved, this Tuesday February 2, by the Haute Autorité de Santé only for people under the age of 65. It is to arrive in France from February 8 - according to Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune.

Covid: the second dose of the vaccine to be given in France 3 to 4 weeks later, as planned

This Saturday January 23, to face tensions rising from the Covid vaccine distribution around the world, the Haute Autorité de Santé has announced in a release they are recommending to defer the second dose of vaccine for 42 days, namely six weeks instead of four. A recommendation Health Minister Olivier Véran has decided not to comply with, as he would rather bet on safety. The second dose will be inoculated 28 days after the first injection, as initially decided.

Covid: Institut Pasteur to stop developing their main vaccine, as results are not forthcoming

Bad news in the fight against Covid! Institut Pasteur has announced they are stopping the development of their main vaccine project - currently completing clinical trial - as results are not forthcoming. A vaccine that was yet tested in humans this summer and that yet had encouraging results.

Coronavirus: vaccines have side effects, but results are positive, the ANSM says

Covid-19 vaccine adverse effects are still being studied: headaches, shivers, fatigue, as well as sore muscles and in rare cases tachycardia... The French Agency for the Safety of Health Products has recently issued a report on these effects and intends to be reassuring. All in all, 135 cases in 400,000 people studied have been reported and most cases were minor.

Covid: the EU urges its state members to vaccinate 70% of its adult population by August 2021

The European urged its state members to “speed up” Covid vaccinations with one goal: giving the doses to over 70% adults by the end of August 2021, as well as 80% of the health workforce and people aged 80+ by March.

Covid vaccine: six severe allergy cases reported in France, the ANSM says

This Thursday January 14, the ANSM - the French Agency for the Safety of Health Products - said they have been reporting six cases of severe allergy to Pfizer Covid vaccine in France. This statement completes Health Minister Véran's - made on Tuesday January 12 - as he announced a case of “an adverse effect of an allergic nature” has been identified following Covid vaccine injection.

Covid: no herd immunity in 2021 despite vaccines, WHO says

This Monday January 11, 2021 WHO said that herd immunity to Covid-19 was not to happen this year, despite vaccines issued on the market and vaccine campaigns that started around the world.

Covid: Moderna vaccine approved by the Haute Autorité de Santé

Moderna vaccine is now approved by the the Haute Autorité de Santé. French control announced they delivered their decision this Friday Janaury 8, 2021 as for issuing the product on the territory. The vaccine has been approved already this Wednesday January 6 by the European Medicines Agency.

Covid: Moderna vaccine doses to arrive by mid-January in France, Alain Fischer says

Covid vaccine developed by Moderna soon to be issued in France… At least this is what France vaccine campaign coordinator Alain Fischer announced this Friday January 8, 2021 saying the vaccine is to arrive from “mid-January”. News going against what Olivier Véran said as for arrival on the market starting Monday January 11.

Covid: once inoculated, does vaccine prevent from spreading the virus?

According to data already made available Covid vaccines on the market or being approved protect from being contaminated, but do they prevent from transmitting the virus to somebody else? We try to answer this question.

Covid: Macron’s leads to speed the vaccine campaign up in France

This Tuesday January 5, 2021 French President Macron unveiled his leads to speed the Covid vaccine campaign up as it started late December to Touraine elected representatives. Simplified consent in nursing homes, number of vaccine centers per department… here is everything you need to know!

Covid: does the compulsory pre-vaccination consultation slow the process down in France?

A week after the first vaccines in France, only 516 French were vaccinated as of January 1, the Health Minister announced. Some doctors criticize the pre-vaccination consultation, “a precautionary luxury that is not relevant” Seine-Saint-Denis Avicennes hospital ER head Frédéric Adnet says. A major step for others.