France to Offer COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots, Ignoring WHO Call

France to Offer COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots, Ignoring WHO Call
France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures during an online gathering in Bormes-Les-Mimosas, southern France, on Aug. 4, 2021. Christophe Simon/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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France plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to the most vulnerable and elderly populations as soon as next month, disregarding a call from the World Health Organization (WHO) for a moratorium on the shots until more people are vaccinated across the globe.

“Yes, we will probably need a third dose, not for everyone straight away but at any rate for the elderly and the most vulnerable,” France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on social media.

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