Young French people are visibly impatient to receive their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
During a press briefing, the Doctolib site, which manages meetings for vaccination slots, indicated that these were now "
taken mainly by young people
".
In detail, 80% of appointments are now taken by people under 50, and “
half
” by people under 35.
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In addition, Doctolib recorded 62,000 appointments yesterday for minors aged 12 to 17, ie “
one appointment in four
” of the total number of appointments made on this day via the site. It was the first day to reserve slots for this segment of the population. The meetings will be spread out between this Tuesday and Thursday, and "
around 40,000 adolescents will probably be vaccinated on Tuesday,
" said Doctolib co-founder Stanislas Niox-Chateau. The trend "
will intensify in the days to come
", said the site, qualifying this first day as "
very good surprise
" revealing a "
stronger adhesion
" than expected families to vaccination.
More broadly, Doctolib expects 50% of the French population to be vaccinated “
between June 26 and 28
”. The campaign remains at "
very high levels
", around 4 million injections per week, and the pace is not expected to decrease for at least three weeks. The appointment setting has weakened slightly in recent days, but this trend is mainly cyclical, explained Stanislas Niox-Chateau: fewer slots are open for a first dose, because a large number of second injections are expected in the future. close. “
Pfizer has constant stocks, so there is less availability for a first injection,
” he said.
Yesterday evening, “
300,000 slots
” were available for the next three days in France, including 80,000 in Île-de-France and 10,000 to 20,000 in certain regions, such as Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Normandy and Pays de la Loire. Other regions are experiencing a more tense situation, the slots leaving very quickly with "
relatively little availability
". But these niches "
will all be taken in the very short term,
" assured Stanislas Niox-Chateau.
The executive is counting on maintaining the rhythm of injections as summer approaches, and even beyond, during holidays. The next goal set by the authorities is to have offered vaccination to all adults by the “
end of summer
”. For its part, Doctolib has not observed a "
drop in demand
" for the moment. Eventually the curve will reverse, as in Israel and the UK, but that is not yet the case.