https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French health authorities have invited women who suspect their menstrual cycles were affected by Covid-19 vaccines to report any changes on a government website. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220720/france-urges-women-to-report-menstrual-changes-after-covid-jabs Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:44:09 +0200 france-urges-women-to-report-menstrual-changes-after-covid-jabs The European Commission authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds on Friday, following the European Medicines Agency's approval of administering the jabs to adolescents earlier in the day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210529/eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 Sat, 29 May 2021 21:05:57 +0200 eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 People aged under 50 in France are now eligible to get a Covid-19 vaccine if there are last minute appointment slots available. Here's what we know about how the system works. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210507/explained-how-to-book-a-last-minute-appointment-for-a-covid-vaccine-if-youre-under-55 Fri, 07 May 2021 13:04:06 +0200 explained-how-to-book-a-last-minute-appointment-for-a-covid-vaccine-if-youre-under-55 Pfizer/BioNTech said on Friday it has asked European regulators to authorise its Covid-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, a move seen as a crucial step toward achieving herd immunity. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210430/could-12-to-15-year-olds-in-eu-soon-be-given-the-pfizer-covid-vaccine Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:38:58 +0200 could-12-to-15-year-olds-in-eu-soon-be-given-the-pfizer-covid-vaccine The EU will have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses to cover 70 percent of its adult population by mid-July due to higher production within the bloc, a senior official said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210420/eu-will-have-vaccine-doses-for-70-percent-of-adults-by-mid-july Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:48:29 +0200 eu-will-have-vaccine-doses-for-70-percent-of-adults-by-mid-july Europe's stuttering vaccine rollout faced multiple hurdles on Friday as EU regulators said they were reviewing side effects of the Johnson & Johnson shot and France further limited its use of the AstraZeneca jab. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210410/europes-vaccine-woes-deepen-as-regulator-probes-another-jab-over-blood-clot-concerns Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:32:26 +0200 europes-vaccine-woes-deepen-as-regulator-probes-another-jab-over-blood-clot-concerns The rollout of anti-Covid-19 vaccines in France is speeding up, but many people are still struggling to arrange an appointment for their dose. Two new online tools may be able to help. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210406/explained-how-to-sign-up-for-spare-covid-vaccine-doses-in-france Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:16:45 +0200 explained-how-to-sign-up-for-spare-covid-vaccine-doses-in-france The family of a French woman who died of a blood clot at the age of 38 after receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine has filed a complaint with prosecutors, a lawyer said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210403/french-family-files-case-over-womans-death-after-astrazeneca-jab Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:16:20 +0200 french-family-files-case-over-womans-death-after-astrazeneca-jab The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed Europe's vaccine rollout as "unacceptably slow" and said it was prolonging the pandemic as the region sees a "worrying" surge in coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210401/europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:58:27 +0200 europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge France has broken its daily record for vaccinations, the health minister has announced as rules are tightened in schools amid a surge of cases among pupils. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210327/france-breaks-daily-vaccination-record-as-covid-rules-are-tightened-in-schools Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:09:46 +0100 france-breaks-daily-vaccination-record-as-covid-rules-are-tightened-in-schools The European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded on Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine was a "safe and effective" tool in the battle against Covid-19 but its investigation could not rule out whether the jab had caused rare cases of blood clotting. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210318/breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:16:51 +0100 breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes The EU's medicines regulator said Tuesday it was "firmly convinced" the benefits of AstraZeneca's vaccine outweigh potential risks, insisting there was no evidence linking it to blood clots after several nations suspended the shot over health fears. It came as Brussels sealed a deal for 10 million more Pfizer doses. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210316/astrazeneca-benefits-outweigh-risks-ema-says-as-eu-orders-10-million-more-pfizer-doses Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:11:24 +0100 astrazeneca-benefits-outweigh-risks-ema-says-as-eu-orders-10-million-more-pfizer-doses The European Union will receive an extra four million BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine doses over the next two weeks to be deployed to Covid-19 "hotspots", European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210310/europes-covid-19-hotspots-to-be-sent-million-four-million-more-vaccine-doses Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:54:37 +0100 europes-covid-19-hotspots-to-be-sent-million-four-million-more-vaccine-doses Already facing a daunting Covid vaccination challenge, French and German authorities are fighting to convince more people that a jab from the pharma giant AstraZeneca is just as effective as others. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210301/deeply-unfair-france-and-germany-struggle-to-sell-astrazeneca-vaccine-safety Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:57:52 +0100 deeply-unfair-france-and-germany-struggle-to-sell-astrazeneca-vaccine-safety The EU's disease agency has launched a Covid-19 vaccine tracking tool, providing an overview of countries' efforts in the rollout of inoculations across Europe. It came as the EU Commission said it was shifting its strategy away from relying on the AstraZeneca vaccine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210202/eu-launches-vaccine-tracker-and-shifts-strategy-away-from-astrazeneca Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:20:19 +0100 eu-launches-vaccine-tracker-and-shifts-strategy-away-from-astrazeneca When the facts change, I change my opinion, said John Maynard Keynes (or maybe it was Winston Churchill), writes John Lichfield. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210125/opinion-is-frances-vaccine-programme-a-disaster-not-any-more Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:52:20 +0100 opinion-is-frances-vaccine-programme-a-disaster-not-any-more Eleven vaccinations for young children will be made compulsory in France from 2018. A "short term evil for the long term good", doctors say. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170705/these-are-the-eleven-vaccines-that-will-be-compulsory-in-france-from-2018 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:17:12 +0200 these-are-the-eleven-vaccines-that-will-be-compulsory-in-france-from-2018