“I didn’t feel anything at all. A little more and I wondered if I had been bitten! », Marguerite is still surprised, 80s. Like the seniors around her, this octogenarian with sparkling eyes has just received the anti-Covid vaccine. At Bel-Air Hospital in Thionville, she is one of the very first registered in her age group. This Monday was the launch of the second phase of the vaccine campaign throughout France. A new level that concerns people aged 75 and over as well as those suffering from high-risk pathology (s). But, in fact, “today, nearly 90% of those registered were especially those over 75 years old,” says Claudine Hittinger, senior health officer and vaccination coordinator for the Thionville hospital.
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Twelve people vaccinated per hour
Ninety-six people this Monday, that is to say an injection every five minutes, therefore marched today in the room of the hospital reserved for vaccination through a well-oiled circuit, sanitary measures oblige: questionnaire on possible pathologies and history, reception by a doctor who checks the patient’s eligibility, administration of the vaccine, delivery of the vaccination certificate and, finally, a last quarter of an hour of waiting “to check that no allergy or sudden side effects are appears ”. A meeting of about twenty-five minutes, in total, which impressed Louis, 77 years old. “It’s very well organized, fast and you don’t feel the bite, it’s fantastic! For him, the vaccine was a must. “I prefer to be well protected. It’s been a year since I saw my granddaughters because of this virus and I miss them ”, slips, moved, the septuagenarian.
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A first day in Thionville which went smoothly and, above all, without side effects observed in the newly vaccinated. “We are really happy that people are less and less refractory to the vaccine,” says one of the doctors present, Dr.r Dominique Toussaint. This is our best chance to beat the epidemic. “In ten days, those vaccinated on Monday will be protected by more than 50% from the Covid. But, to achieve immunity, Marguerite and Louis will not have to forget their recall scheduled in four weeks.
Registration for vaccination at Bel-Air hospital or Notre-Dame de Thionville clinic: 0 800 009 110 (national toll-free number) or sante.fr or on the doctolib.fr platform
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