The French health authorities have recommended that adults receive a Covid-19 booster vaccination three months after their initial jabs, reducing the guideline of five months to better fight the Omicron variant, reports FRANCE 24.
The recommendation was published by the country's HAS health authority, which advises the government in the fight against Covid-19.
It comes as cases are surging in France during the Christmas period due to Omicron which spreads faster than any other variant seen so far.
The HAS also recommended that the booster rollout be expanded to now include teenagers who are deemed to be at risk, days after France opened up the vaccination rollout to children aged five and over.
It justified the cut to three months by citing studies showing that vaccines are 80 percent effective for one-to-two months against the non-serious symptomatic forms of the Omicron variant, but lose their effectiveness more quickly than with the previous variants.