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Medical workers, wearing protective suits and masks, work in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where people suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated at Cambrai hospital, France, on March 25, 2021. (Reuters)
Medical workers, wearing protective suits and masks, work in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where people suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated at Cambrai hospital, France, on March 25, 2021. (Reuters)
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French health watchdog backs COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for elderly

Reuters, Paris

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France’s Haute Autorite de Sante (HAS) health watchdog said on Tuesday it recommended a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for those aged 65 and over and for those with existing medical conditions that could put at them serious harm from COVID.

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These COVID vaccine booster shots should be rolled out from the end of October onwards, it added.

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