A little out of breath, her legs tired, Josiane, 75, sits on a bench in the shadow of the gigantic Stade de France in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis).
She looks around, watching her husband's car take her back to Stains.
Josiane had not been out of her house for a month.
“I have diabetes, blood pressure, and all the rage,” she explains.
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Shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, like 2,000 people on this launch day, Josiane received her first injection of the Moderna vaccine in the stadium of the Stade de France transformed into a vaccinodrome.
The authorities hope to vaccinate 10,000 people there per week.
Saint-Denis, this Tuesday.
Josiane, 75, from Stains./LP/EM
“Everyone was very nice, very helpful, I was brought a wheelchair when I arrived.
I was pale and couldn't stand up, says the old lady.
There, I go home and I will not come out for several weeks.
There are too many people who do not wear masks at Stains. ”
"Here, in an hour, everything is settled"
Here, obviously, no "antivax" or reluctant.
For Josiane, as for Fatima, this first injection has a taste of almost rediscovered freedom.
“My mother is 65 years old, she is diabetic, it has been over a year since she went out.
It is as if the Covid had sentenced her to a long sentence, believes Salim, the son of Fatima, who accompanies him.
We are starting to see the end of the tunnel, she will be able to come back to life a little. "
Saint-Denis, this Tuesday.
Salim and his mother, Fatima, 65 years old ../ LP / EM
Tried by the death of several relatives, the family has largely favored remote contacts this past year.
"These deaths, it shocked us, it was like an awareness, we really told ourselves that it could happen to anyone", continues the thirty-something whose parents live in Drancy and who had struggling to find a date.
"Here, in an hour, everything is settled."
The queues, which stretch for a long time outside and inside, count many inhabitants of Seine-Saint-Denis and particularly of Saint-Denis.
During the weekend, the communities solicited residents on the waiting list because the appointments for the Moderna did not find takers.
There are still 2,000 places to fill for the weekend.
Non-registrants who come to try their luck are noted on a listing
“I was called on Saturday because nobody wanted Moderna,” sums up Emmanuelle, 66, arrived at 1 pm.
I really want to do it.
"" I made an appointment by phone as soon as it opened, "explains Martine, who is about to receive her first injection of Moderna.
“It was not me who chose.
As long as it's not the AstraZeneca that scares everyone… ”
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“Some were asking for Pfizer, their request was answered.
We do not have any more for this week, so the switchboard operators offer Moderna and we do not observe any particular resistance, assures Manon Daubas, responsible for vaccination at the departmental council.
As standard, we have fairly clear language elements: it's the same type of vaccine, it's the same technology, so if we are accessible to one, we are accessible to the other. "
Saint-Denis, this Tuesday.
At the Stade de France, the queues, which stretch for a long time inside and outside, include many inhabitants of Seine-Saint-Denis.
LP / EM
Outside, many of them hope to benefit from an excess dose, without having made an appointment.
As summarized by Florent Vallée, director of operations at the Red Cross and site manager, “each dose must have an arm each evening”.
Then the names, ages, comorbidities and coordinates are noted on a listing, "if necessary" when the time comes.
This 53-year-old school principal, who works in Seine-Saint-Denis has just signed up: “They put us into teleworking and then they impose on us fifteen days of vacation… It would be good if we did something. thing."
