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Radio France Internationale
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France urges elderly people to get Covid booster as epidemic rebounds

Figures from the French Ministry of Health show that only 19 percent of people aged 60 to 79 are vaccinated with four shots.  © DS

French authorities are calling on elderly people to get a fresh booster dose of the Covid vaccine after the number of infections spiked by 40 percent in the space of a week.

More than 50,000 people are testing positive each day, with hospitalisations also rising by a rate of 600 new patients every 24 hours.

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