This is the fall of the fall: the withdrawal of vaccination. On October 14, the flu vaccination campaign will begin, quoted the retirement against COVID-19, as indicated in BFMTV the General Directorate of Health.
This flu vaccination campaign is part of a dark year. During the winter of 2024-2025, the different strains of the virus circulated in concomitance in the territory, while the vaccination coverage was relatively low.
Result: The epidemic has reached an “exceptionally high level of intensity compared to the previous seasons” in the hospital, as explained by the public Santé France. A total of 30,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths.
Faced with this particularly severe epidemic, tensions in the availability of flu vaccines were weakened. This year, pharmacists were well invited to order more, as remembered by BFMTV Philippe Besset, president of the France Federation Federation of France.
“We recommend that they order 10% more than last year,” he explains.
The General Health Directorate sent a message similar to professionals to invite them to review the volumes ordered to “guarantee an optimal supply necessary for the coverage of populations.”
Particularly vulnerable audiences
In the COVVI-19 Front, a slight increase in contamination at the end of summer must be taken into account. In its last weekly bulletin, published this Wednesday, September 3, 2025, Public Health France indicates an increase in emergency tickets in France due to suspicion of COVVI-19.
The main objective audience is people over 65, all people suffering from comorbidities, pregnant women, people in obesity, medical staff, etc. Health authorities also remember that the entourage of vulnerable people also encourages immunize, to reduce the risk of pollution.
“In autumn, in addition to people at risk directed by the flu, vaccination against COVID is also recommended for people with psychiatric disorders, dementia or Down syndrome,” also specifies the DGS.
Source: BFM TV
