COVID-19 vaccination in France

French vaccination campaign against COVID-19
Date27 December 2020 (2020-12-27) – present
LocationFrance
CauseCOVID-19 pandemic in France
TargetFull immunisation of people in France against COVID-19
Participants53,895,155 people have received at least one vaccine dose
52,581,073 people have been fully vaccinated
Outcome80.3% of the French population have received at least one vaccine dose
78.3% of the French population have been fully vaccinated
Websitesolidarites-sante.gouv.fr/grands-dossiers/vaccin-covid-19/
Pfizer vaccines ready to be injected in a vaccination center on 8 January 2021 in Strasbourg.

COVID-19 vaccination in France started on 27 December 2020 after the approval of Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by the European Union commission.

According to a June 2022 study published in The Lancet, COVID-19 vaccination in France prevented an additional 631,000 deaths from December 8, 2020, to December 8, 2021.[1][2]

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