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VIDEO. In this vaccination center, the doses of the Pfizer vaccine are reserved for those under 30 years old

2021-12-14T21:34:00.910Z


In the Rueil-Malmaison vaccination center, patients over the age of 30 receive doses of the Moderna vaccine.


Pfizer or Moderna?

In this vaccination center in Rueil-Malmaison, those over 30 have no choice.

“We have enough doses to vaccinate people under the age of 30 with Pfizer.

We vaccinate all the others with Moderna in accordance with the recommendations, ”says Odile Barry, deputy director at the town hall of Rueil-Malmaison.

After the first two doses of Pfizer, Alain 65, had some doubts when he heard the news.

“At first I was embarrassed, but I inquired about the Moderna vaccine.

“Says the retiree who finally came for his third dose.

“When people are worried, we try to listen to them and understand why.

Often, they don't know Moderna, ”says Valérie, a doctor in the center, who answers patients' questions.

According to her, the concerns sometimes come from a change in doses compared to previous injections.

But most of the patients who come “are not worried today, which was not the case last week.

She adds.

Read also Anti-Covid vaccination: will it really be necessary to increase the booster dose of Moderna?

Without a booster dose of the Covid vaccine, people 65 years of age and over run the risk of being deprived of a health pass from Wednesday, a scenario that would affect several hundred thousand people, according to the government.

"According to our information, 400,000 French people over 65 who are eligible for the booster dose have still not done so, seven months after their last injection," government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Tuesday.

Source: leparis

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