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France's health authority recommends single vaccine shot for those who defeated COVID-19

France's health authority recommends single vaccine shot for those
France's health authority recommends single vaccine shot for those who defeated COVID-19

France's High Authority for Health (HAS) recommended on Friday that people who have previously contracted COVID-19 may only have to receive one dose of the vaccine, Euronews reports.

French health authorities are the first in the world to issue such a recommendation.

The HAS said in a statement that current data suggest "people who have already been infected retain an immune memory" whether their disease was symptomatic or not.

"This leads the HAS to propose only one dose to people who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, regardless of how long they have been infected. This single dose of vaccine will thus act as a booster," it added.

It also recommends that the single dose of the vaccine be administered at least three months after contracting the virus and up to six months later.

The recommendation is aligned with the results of two small studies released earlier this month which compared the antibody responses in people receiving two doses and previously infected people who receive a single dose.

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