Seine-et-Marne passed the 100,000 mark this weekend against Covid-19, in the twelve centers dedicated for this purpose.
Certainly, some of the eligible people come from the surrounding departments, such as Chelles where 2,000 doses must be injected between Saturday and Sunday.
The supply remains sluggish and it will take a long time at this rate to vaccinate the majority of the 1.4 million inhabitants of the department.
READ ALSO>
Covid-19: despite 500,000 additional doses in Ile-de-France, a two-speed vaccination
As of Friday evening, official data showed 98,045 people had received at least one injection, including 54,709 over the age of 75.
But as Dr Nadia Benéddra underlines, in full session in Chelles, "people are happy to come, it gives them the impression of an emergency exit".
Moreover, the volunteers manage around 4,000 calls per day and, this Saturday afternoon, the 2,000 additional vaccines allocated by the prefecture the day before had already found a taker.
"We are really just in time"
“We have requests from Fontainebleau, but also from Courbevoie or Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) or Oise, advance Senator Claudine Thomas (LR), here volunteering with her association.
A 25-year-old girl also tried her luck because her grandfather is ill.
But it does not meet the criteria.
»Namely being over 70 years of age or having co-morbidities.
From 45 doses per day in January, the Chelles vaccination center has gradually increased to 300. And this weekend to administer the 2000 doses, the firefighters came as reinforcements, installed in the ballroom of the transformed cultural center. in the injection room.
“We are really just in time.
We redistribute the doses as soon as we receive more, explains the prefect, Thierry Coudert.
Deliveries have been increased in the department since we went into enhanced vigilance.
"He chose Chelles as the beneficiary of this" extra ", for its densely populated territory and" the capacity to mobilize volunteers and the town hall ".
“We couldn't miss each other here,” he assures us.
"We never lost a single dose"
"We never lost a single dose," welcomes the mayor (LR), Brice Rabaste.
People on the waiting list are called back to come within an hour, or even a quarter of an hour.
In both wards, the injection routine continues as it has been for weeks.
Preparation of the vials, then the syringe by the nurses.
In the ten or so boxes, questioning of the doctor or nurse on the patient's health situation.
“I like to vaccinate.
We do not do that in the chain, we have a real link with people, "says Laurent, nurse in the firefighters, ready to" sting "Pierre 74 years.
"I come by duty," says this resident of Orly-sur-Morin, aware that even when he has received the second injection, he will have to continue to wear the mask.
At 58, Nicolle says she is relieved to receive this vaccine.
“We want to live,” she exclaims.
The prefect does not plan to increase the number of vaccination centers, which has reached the number of twelve in Seine-et-Marne so far.
On the other hand, a device set up in collaboration with the firefighters is ready to vaccinate 1,000 people per day in a Disneyland hotel.
As soon as the doses are delivered ...
