An essential regulatory step, the decree authorizing pharmacists, nurses and midwives to vaccinate against the coronavirus was published on Friday.
They will soon be able to bite the French concerned by the vaccination, except those who have a history of an allergic response, or who felt one during the first injection.
These should be taken care of by a doctor.
In pharmacies, vaccinations will begin Monday March 15, announced Jean Castex during his press conference Thursday evening, warning of the imminent publication of the decree.
By March 15, those who wish can make an appointment on the Ordoclic online platform, open from Monday.
Initially, vaccination in pharmacies will be reserved for the most part for 50-74 year olds with co-morbidities, who will mainly receive AstraZeneca.
Of the nearly 1.8 million doses of this vaccine received in total this week, less than 380,000 have been used as of March 3.
Between 300,000 and 400,000 of them are said to be stored in the fridge in pharmacies or even in hospitals.
Also authorized to prescribe
"I see two possible start dates, depending on the day of publication of the regulatory texts: either from the deliveries of March 11 if the decree comes out very quickly, or from March 18", Philippe Besset, the President, told us Tuesday. of the Federation of Pharmaceutical Syndicates of France.
According to him, nearly 20,000 pharmacies will be ready to vaccinate at an average rate of "twenty injections per day".
The High Authority for Health (HAS) also estimated Tuesday that pharmacists could also inject doses of Moderna and Pfizer.
But these vaccines, using mRNA technology, are much more complicated to store since they need to be stored in a frozen state.
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Nurses, them, can also vaccinate with Pfizer or Moderna but "subject to a doctor can intervene at any time," says the decree.
Finally, it should be noted that pharmacists will also be able to prescribe vaccinations, except for pregnant women (who will have to turn to midwives for this) and to people with a blood problem called hemostasis disorder.
