Covid-19: Mauricette, the first vaccinated in France, received her second injection

Even hidden under his surgical mask, his face has made history.

At 11:01 am, December 27, 2020, Mauricette rolled up the sleeve of her zebra sweater and became, at 78 years old, the very first vaccinated in France.

At René-Muret hospital in Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis), the former housekeeper received the first of the two necessary injections of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine to protect against the Covid-19.

Twenty-three days later, this Tuesday, January 19 in the morning, the septuagenarian "received her second dose," said the Ministry of Health during an update on the vaccination campaign.

This is enough to wring once and for all the neck to the fake news which flooded the web in recent days, rumors going so far as to suggest the death of the first vaccinated.

She is well and, with the administration of her second dose, Mauricette must guard against a severe form of the disease.

160,000 injections planned this week in nursing homes

While most have not yet received the two injections, nearly 110,000 residents of Ehpad (accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people) have been, like her, vaccinated.

A public ranked at the top of the priorities by the High Authority for Health (HAS), because these people, living in communities, are more at risk of catching the virus, but also of dying from it.

The risk for a person of 80 years is 8000 times higher than for a young person of 20 years, recalled Friday in the Parisien - Today in France, Alain Fischer, the “Mr. Vaccin” of the government.

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Some 110,000 residents, including 6,300 on Monday, so it doesn't seem like much, while 1.67 million doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine have already been delivered in France, and 385,000 new ones have arrived on Monday, despite the delays announced by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.

"A big increase in load will take place in nursing homes", defends the ministry.

More than 160,000 vaccinations are scheduled there this week.

In these establishments, the period of 21 days between the two doses remains the rule, specify the authorities.

With the promise to make known the available stocks of vaccines, by center, in “the days to come.

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