1300 vaccinations per day during the weekend, at the vaccineodrome of Sant-Etienne. Additional doses of vaccine have been allocated by the Regional Health Agency. “Punch” strategy: the Loire has the highest incidence rate in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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A fluid but interrupted queue. At the Saint-Etienne vaccination center, all the slots for this Sunday, May 2 were taken. No downtime.
During this weekend, public holiday, 300 appointments in addition to the 1000 dailies were offered here. In just a few hours, everyone found a taker. It must be said that the situation in the department remains complicated. The incidence rate in the Loire is 340 per 100,000 inhabitants on May 2 (source Covid Tracker), after having reached 375 on the last day of April. A level close to the bar of 400 cases set by the government to maintain health restrictions.
“The virus is circulating. At a time when we are considering the reopening of the terraces on May 9, we should do even more, it is obvious.”
The departmental average indeed contains territorial and sociological disparities. The metropolis of Saint-Etienne is more affected, and the virus circulates particularly in the categories of the working population: 366 per 100,000 among young people aged 10 to 19, 497 for those aged 20-29. Those who cannot be vaccinated at the moment, except proven medical risks.
Staff, premises and equipment, at the Saint-Etienne vaccinodrome, everything is sized to support a possible reinforcement of additional doses. The site can accommodate up to 2,500 people per day.
“We anticipated this possible rise in power. We have the human and material capacity to cope with this rise in power”
the Regional Health Agency announced 600 additional doses of vaccine per week at the Saint-Etienne site.
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