Expected for several months by doctors, pharmacists, midwives and liberal nurses, the Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 will be "
available from October 1
" for these professionals, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
Better late than never.
Claimed since the spring by the unions, in particular pharmacists, the Pfizer will finally be able to be ordered directly by liberal caregivers.
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A first step was taken at the beginning of the summer: since July, health professionals could, on a case-by-case basis, recover vials from vaccination centers. At the end of August, orders were opened for pharmacists, but only for nursing homes - 157,000 doses were thus reserved last week, for delivery scheduled for Thursday or Friday.
"
The next step is Pfizer for all effectors in town,
" recalled the Ministry of Health during the weekly press briefing on the vaccination campaign, adding that "
the first doses will be available from October 1
". To meet this "
deadline
", the order "
will be opened during the month of September
" for doctors, pharmacists, nurses and midwives, according to a schedule which remains to be specified, as well as the volumes of Pfizer vaccine which will be made available to them.