The prefect of the Marne, Pierre N’Gahane and the territorial delegate of the Regional Health Agency, Thierry Alibert unveiled the vaccine strategy in the Marne. The first vaccinations will concern caregivers over the age of 50 at the Reims University Hospital and could take place from January 7.
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The Grand Est Regional Health Agency announced this Tuesday, January 5, concerning the vaccination against covid-19, “The logistics organization is being deployed in the region, in particular with the delivery and installation of a freezer in pivot health establishments (one per department). As a reminder, these freezers allow the doses of the drug to be stored at – 80 ° C. first vaccine available, which is gradually arriving in France. “
4,875 doses delivered to the CHU on January 6
In the Marne, the arrival of the first doses of Pfizer vaccines is scheduled for Wednesday, January 6 in the Marne. 4,875 doses will thus be delivered to the Reims University Hospital. “The difficulty is that I don’t know when during the day”, recognizes the departmental delegate of the Marne Regional Health Agency, Thierry Alibert.
Doses distributed via the national network of Public Health France and which will be used to vaccinate nursing staff over 50 years of the Reims University Hospital but also establishments attached to it such as the hospitals of Châlons-en-Champagne and Epernay. “If the doses arrive well today, the vaccination of these personnel should begin tomorrow January 7th”, announced the prefect of Marne, Pierre N’Gahane.
The Prefect of Marne, Pierre N’Gahane (right) and ARS regional delegate for Marne, Thierry Alibert, during the press conference on Wednesday January 6.
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The four Marseille pilots delivered on January 8
Concerning the four pilot Ehpad in Marne: Ehpad Maison Saint Martin in Reims, Ehpad Pierre-Simon in Suippes, Ehpad Sarrail in Châlons-en-Champagne and Résidence Jean d’Orbais in Reims, they will be delivered on January 8 via another distribution network , that of town pharmacies, understand pharmacies.
In these nursing homes, patients’ consent was collected, the vaccination of residents and staff could therefore begin on January 9, subject to having the necessary doctors to carry out the compulsory pre-vaccination consultation. “We are mobilizing the network of city doctors and even retired doctors to be able to meet demand”, assures the territorial delegate of the ARS in the Marne, Thierry Alibert.
All nursing homes delivered on January 11
The next phase is scheduled for Monday, January 11. On this date, the forty-five other nursing homes in the department will be delivered with Pfizer vaccines, still via the network of town pharmacies. On the same date, a vaccination center will be set up to vaccinate healthcare professionals in the broad sense: home helpers, nursing assistants, doctors, physiotherapists etc. It will open on the site of the medical on-call center in Reims. “A vaccination center is at least a doctor, a nurse, a medical secretary”, indicated the prefect of Marne.
The Reims vaccination center.
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Four vaccination centers for mid-January
By mid-January, three other vaccination centers, still for nursing staff over 50, should open. In Châlons-en-Champagne, in Epernay and in Vitry-le-François. The places have not yet been decided.
The next steps will then concern people over the age of 75 living in independent residences or in senior residences. “In the department, this represents 4,300 beds. If the demand is the same as in nursing homes, namely 50% of people wishing to be vaccinated, we have a good idea of the number. We will then think about the vaccination of more than 75 years in the rest of the population. For the other categories of the population, it will probably be more this summer “, explains the prefect of Marne.
As for the proposals from local elected officials to provide equipment for mass vaccination, “we keep this in mind”, indicated the territorial delegate of Marne while stressing that the problem lies in the capacity of conservation of the vaccine. In fact, the Pfizer vaccine must be stored frozen at -80 degrees, which requires super-fridges. Once thawed, it can only be stored for five days at 2-8 degrees. The Moderna vaccine, which should arrive on the market in February, only requires storage at -20 degrees and may be stored for thirty days after thawing, which a priori will facilitate putting communities in the loop.
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