17,410 of 12 to 15-year-olds or just under 6 percent have already received their first corona jab in Flanders. This is reported by the Flemish Agency for Care and Health in its weekly overview of the vaccination campaign. 59,911 of the 16 and 17 year olds have already been at least partially vaccinated. However, today 1 in 5 Flemings does not accept his invitation. “That is not entirely unexpected, because there are many young people who go on holiday,” says spokesman Joris Moonens, spokesperson for the Agency.
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On Tuesday, the first vaccination invitations for the youngest eligible groups went out in Flanders. In total, more than 95,000 invitations have already been sent, about 205,000 12 to 15-year-olds are still waiting for an invitation. In a number of centers teenagers could also go without an invitation this week.
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Of the approximately 140,000 16- and 17-year-olds, just under 60,000 have already been vaccinated, 43 percent. Finally, for the adults, all invitations have been sent out, 75,000 over 18s have so far received a ‘re-invitation’ because they missed their first appointment. If you still want a quick shot, you can still register on the Qvax reserve list. Because there are now enough vaccines and more people do not show up, the system guarantees a quick injection.
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90 percent by the end of July, number of ‘no-shows’ rises sharply
The Flemish Agency for Care and Health aims for a vaccination rate of 90 percent of adults by the end of July, in two weeks. Today the counter stands at 88.5 percent, but unlike last month, the vaccination rate for the first shot is now increasing more and more slowly.
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Due to the holiday period and because young people are vaccinated to a lesser extent, the number of non-showers has risen to more than 17.7 percent per week. That corresponds to about 60,000 people. The number of so-called no-shows was barely 2.5 percent in mid-May, but has increased rapidly since the beginning of June. 1.8 percent of the total population also explicitly indicated that they did not want to be vaccinated.
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Yet the Agency for Care and Health is not really concerned. “The number of no-shows is indeed on the rise, although that is not entirely unexpected. Some of the people also have their invitation in their pocket and can therefore book a new appointment themselves.” Persons whose invitation has expired must join at the very end of the row, after all persons older than 12 years have received a first invitation. Moonens estimates that they will get a second chance “somewhere in the course of August”.
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