France said on Thursday it would make COVID-19 booster shots available to all adults, toughen rules on wearing face masks and ramp up health pass checks as it seeks to curb a fifth wave of infections that risks undermining its economic recovery.
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"We still have our fate in our hands," Veran told a news conference, urging people to respect social distancing rules.France currently holds about 25 million doses, enough to accelerate the booster campaign, Veran said. Earlier, France's health regulator, known as the HAS, backed a widening of the campaign.
Veran said he would ask the HAS and medical ethics committee to examine whether children aged 5 to 11 should be vaccinated. Any programme for such children would not begin before 2022.
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