“Viral circulation is less but we must keep this vigilance adopted more than a year and a half ago through barrier gestures. The fundamentals, always. Parvine Lacombe, chief of staff of the prefect of Moselle, insists on the obligation to wear a mask outside during gatherings or concentrations of population, “including in the queue in front of the stores where we do our shopping”. Precautions undoubtedly at the origin of the improvement of the health situation. For the week of September 11 to 17, the incidence rate was 86.3 cases per 100,000 population. Testing continues at a level of 50,000 per week. On the other hand, the pace of vaccination is slowing down. To date, 72.4% of Mosellans have received a first injection and 69.1% both. Finally, the vaccination policy entered the booster phase for the over 65s (i.e. 177,000 Mosellans with a complete vaccination schedule) as well as people with co-morbidities a fortnight ago: “It must be done in order to maintain sufficient immunity for those who were vaccinated more than six months ago, ie during the 1st trimester, ”emphasizes Parvine Lacombe. The opportunity for Lamia Himer, regional delegate of the ARS, to confirm the delivery of the Pfizer vaccine to city medical practices “from October 1”.
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Extension of the pass to teens
From that date, adolescents aged 12-17 (51% already have a complete vaccination schedule) must be vaccinated to benefit from the health pass which will be applied to them under the same conditions as for all adults. To this end, “all establishments in Moselle have been offered a date for student volunteers, which should allow each of the students wishing to be vaccinated before the All Saints holidays”. For the time being, any localized relaxation of the health pass is not on the agenda. This hypothesis mentioned earlier this week by Minister Olivier Véran would apply, in any case, only to departments whose incidence rate would be less than 50 cases / 100,000 inhabitants, excluding Moselle.
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Pedagogy and persuasion
Within the Metz-Thionville CHR, 98.5% of the staff now have a complete vaccination schedule, including 100% of physicians, midwives and medical students: “It is a generation that has integrated the fact that the situation of could not be discussed, ”observes Marie-Odile Saillard, director of the establishment, with satisfaction. Which intends to continue the work of pedagogy and persuasion towards staff who are reluctant to vaccine and whose stubbornness could result in “18 to 50 suspensions”. A situation which did not interfere with the smooth running of a bacteriological and chemical alert exercise organized on site on the 20th anniversary of the AZF disaster.
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