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Covid-19: 8,000 more Moderna doses in Pas-de-Calais

2021-02-19T18:55:20.589Z


Some 8,000 additional Moderna vaccine doses have been allocated for Pas-de-Calais in order to stem an acceleration of the Covid-19 epidemic, after the surge in contaminations in Dunkirk in the North, announced on Friday February 19. the Regional Health Agency (ARS). Read also: Covid-19: the duration of the isolation of infected people extended to 10 days from Monday " 2000 doses are deployed ini


Some 8,000 additional Moderna vaccine doses have been allocated for Pas-de-Calais in order to stem an acceleration of the Covid-19 epidemic, after the surge in contaminations in Dunkirk in the North, announced on Friday February 19. the Regional Health Agency (ARS).

Read also: Covid-19: the duration of the isolation of infected people extended to 10 days from Monday

"

2000 doses are deployed initially for vaccinations in the next few days and 6000 doses will be delivered in early March,

" detailed the ARS in a press release.

They will be "

distributed in the vaccination centers of the territory in order to accelerate the vaccination of the 75 years and over

", she specified.

In addition, an “

exceptional

screening campaign

will be organized on Monday and Tuesday in Saint-Omer to “

facilitate access to the test as close as possible to the inhabitants

'

living or working places

”.

These tests, free, without an appointment and without a prescription, even without symptoms, will be conducted by mediators.

Pas-de-Calais has experienced a "

significant acceleration

" in the circulation of the virus

in recent days

, with an incidence rate of 268.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, against 180.5 on January 31.

This virus circulation is particularly marked in Artois and Audomarois with incidence rates exceeding 500 in certain sectors.

In Dunkirk, an exceptional screening campaign carried out on Thursday and Friday will also be renewed on Monday and Tuesday, said the ARS.

More than 1,750 antigen and PCR tests, of which at least 51 have been positive, have been carried out since Thursday in Dunkirk, ARS said on Friday evening.

Out of eight positive tests identified Thursday in Dunkirk, seven were of the British variant.

The ARS had given the alert on February 10 in the face of a "

worrying

"

acceleration

of the circulation of this variant in the vicinity of Dunkirk.

It is present in "

more than 70% of positive RT-PCR tests in certain laboratories,

" she said on Monday.

Source: lefigaro

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