In an interview with Le Parisien, Thomas Fantôme, the head of France’s Assurance maladie health system, revealed the plan to begin calling people who have not yet been vaccinated in the over-75 age group. Fantôme said that from next week a new phone number would be set up dedicated to the over 75s to help them find an appointment slot. READ ALSO How to book an appointment for the Covid vaccineAt the same time, Assurance maladie agents will begin calling people who have not yet been vaccinated to invite them to an appointment. Calls have already begun to some over-75s in areas with high numbers of cases such as Seine-Saint-Denis and Val d’Oise. “They sometimes tell us that they had intended to be vaccinated, but later, or that they gave up because of a lack of available slots.

Source: The Local March 29, 2021 10:41 UTC