France To Announce Booster Shots For All Adults To Curb New Wave: Report
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The French government has said it would focus on tougher social distancing rules and a faster booster shot programme and that it wanted to avoid lockdowns.
France is expected to announce that COVID-19 booster shots will be made available to all adults as well as stricter rules on wearing face masks and more stringent health pass checks to curb a new wave of infections, French media reported.
Health Minister Olivier Veran is due to hold a press conference at midday on Thursday.
President Emmanuel Macron's government on Wednesday said it would focus on tougher social distancing rules and a faster booster shot programme and that it wanted to avoid the lockdowns being imposed once more by some other European countries.
BFM TV and daily newspaper Le Figaro were amongst the local media which detailed the government's strategy for combating the fast-spreading new wave of infections.
