Open every weekend since mid-March for punching operations, the Sportica vaccination center, in Gravelines in the North, closed its doors on Saturday, April 3 in the afternoon for lack of volunteers to be vaccinated. at the AstraZeneca. “We injected only 132 doses out of the 750 received, explains Thierry Mraovic, emergency doctor and coordinator of the center where around thirty volunteer volunteers are active every weekend. On Doctolib, it did not fill up so we closed the center. “ The first weekend, the 1500 doses of Moderna were gone like hot cakes, the following weekend the 700 Pfizer also but for this Easter weekend, “Mistrust of AstraZeneca has set in when the benefits outweigh the risks”, adds Thierry Mraovic.
According to the doctor’s calculations, the Nord Pas-de-Calais ended up with more than 1,200 doses of AstraZeneca not used this weekend, returned to the circuits of hospital pharmacies for future use. If around 110 vaccination centers were open during the Easter weekend, at least three (in Gravelines, Calais, and Boulogne-sur-Mer) closed their doors for lack of doses or volunteers to be vaccinated. “I closed the center on Saturday because we had a delivery of only 500 Pfizer and 750 AstraZeneca for the weekend, or 50% fewer doses than usual, and with an over-supply of AstraZeneca, explains the mayor (Les Républicains, LR) of Calais Natacha Bouchart. However, from Friday, with the information circulating about the accidents in England with AstraZeneca, people canceled their appointments. “
The emergence of cases of atypical thrombosis in people who received AstraZeneca created an additional climate of mistrust vis-à-vis the Swedish-British vaccine. “I made little videos on my Facebook page with doctors, emergency doctors, nurses to reassure people, but they tell me that they prefer to wait”, laments Natacha Bouchart, vaccinated since January for health reasons.
“The risk-benefit balance is favorable”
In Boulogne-sur-Mer also the mayor closed the vaccination center for lack of doses or volunteers. “I closed because I have no doses, regrets Frédéric Cuvillier, mayor (PS) of Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais). However, we had ten vaccination lines at the Damremont center with the possibility of vaccinating 1,500 to 2,000 people per day, but for this weekend I only had 1,250 doses! “ The former minister also confirms a “Lack of enthusiasm” residents for AstraZeneca.
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