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French President Macron: third COVID vaccine doses likely for elderly and vulnerable

Thu, 05th Aug 2021 08:54

PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron
said on his Instagram account on Thursday that it was likely
that the elderly and vulnerable would need a third COVID-19
vaccine shot, and that France was working on rolling these out
from September onwards.

The World Health Organization's head Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus called on Wednesday for a halt on COVID-19 vaccine
boosters until at least the end of September.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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