Covid-19 Vaccine: Who is affected by the booster dose?

Who are the people concerned?

The vaccination recall applies to all persons 18 years of age and over as early as 3 months after the last injection of the initial vaccination regimen or after an infection with Covid-19 if it occurred after vaccination.

People vaccinated with Janssen should receive an additional injection as early as 4 weeks after vaccination, and a booster dose as early as 3 months after vaccination.

The booster dose also applies to 12 to 17 year olds who are immunocompromised or have a high-risk condition or co-morbidity.

For immunocompromised individuals, it is recommended that they follow the advice of their health care professional on the most appropriate vaccine regimen.

What is the procedure for people who have contracted Covid?

Vaccines Pfizer, Moderna, Astrazeneca:

• If you have contracted the Covid forward vaccination and have received a single injection, you can receive a booster dose (2^e dose) 3 months after your 1^mother vaccine dose.
• If you received a first injection, then have been contaminated with Covid, you can receive a booster dose (2^e dose) 3 months after infection (date of positive test).
• If you contracted Covid after your 2^e vaccine dose, you can recall (3^e dose) 3 months after infection.
• If you have contracted Covid in the past, which has allowed you to benefit from a complete vaccination plan with only one dose of vaccine, you can receive my booster dose within a minimum of 6 months and 4 weeks beyond maximum after your 1^mother vaccine dose.

Janssen vaccine:

• For people who had Covid-19 forward When injecting Janssen vaccine, the booster dose is 1 month after the dose received.
• For people who had the Covid after their injection of Janssen, two situations:
  
  • If the infection is less than 15 days after injection: people receive an additional dose of mRNA vaccine 4 weeks after infection. They are eligible for the vaccine recall as early as 3 months after this additional dose.
  • If the infection is more than 15 days after injection: people do not need to supplement their vaccination plan with an additional dose. They are eligible for recall from 3 months after infection.

What are the vaccines?

The Covid-19 vaccine recall is the administration of an additional dose of vaccine after an initial full vaccination regimen. 

It should be done with an mRNA vaccine, a Pfizer-BioNTech or a Moderna vaccine for people 30 years and older.

As part of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign, the vaccine recall is the administration of an additional dose of vaccine (or half a dose for the Moderna vaccine) for eligible individuals, i.e.:

• 2^e dose for those who have already taken Covid-19 and therefore received a single injection (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca) as part of their initial vaccination plan, as well as those who have been vaccinated with Janssen vaccine;
• 3^e dose for people who received two doses of vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca) as part of their initial vaccination regimen.

In addition, severely immunocompromised individuals who have received three doses on medical advice for their initial regimen may receive an additional dose on medical advice.

Where to get vaccinated?

Those who are interested can make an appointment:

• their attending physician (or doctor of their choice);
• in a pharmacy;
• nursing or midwifery in the hospital services where they are attended;
• in a medical biology laboratory;
• in a vaccination centre (possibility to make an appointment on www.sante.fr .

For people living in seniors' facilities, the booster dose is administered on site, no need to travel.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can be injected into the town cabinet since 1^to October 2021.