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In Paris, a vaccination center for delivery men and precarious workers

2021-06-30T17:43:16.649Z


REPORT - Some delivery people were vaccinated on Tuesday, June 29 in the ephemeral center of the Place de la République, in Paris.


Rare delivery men were vaccinated this Tuesday, June 29 at the ephemeral vaccination center on the Place de la République, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.

However, this one is dedicated to them.

Next to the purple sign in front of six tents, Aurélien Rousseau, director general of the Ile-de-France regional health agency, explains the reason for this ephemeral vaccination center (June 28 - July 2).

"

We must do everything to reach out to at-risk audiences such as Uber delivery men

."

In a statement, the mayor of Paris ensures that "

3000 slots will be open during the week and delivery men and precarious workers are targeted as a priority

".

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"

We proposed to the ARS to make a vaccidrive in Paris on the model of what is done in the suburbs

", testifies Pierre Cabret, director of the medical office of the medical center Europe (CME).

The ballet is orchestrated.

The Red Cross provides logistics, the town hall the place, the CME "

the medical side

".

To encourage precarious workers and delivery people to get vaccinated, the operation is being carried out in collaboration with home delivery platforms: Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Frichti.

"

It is for us a form of essential recognition of their commitment"

, approves Manon Guignard, communications officer for

UberEats

.

A well-established procedure

Concretely, via their various platforms, companies have alerted their service providers to the provision of these ephemeral vaccination centers in which they benefit from dedicated slots and an adapted vaccination schedule.

"

I was a little reluctant at the start to do the paperwork on Doctolib, and as it is without an appointment and I did not work far from République, I came

", smiles Guillaume Girard,

UberEats

delivery

man

and primary vaccine.

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  • 1/3 - Two Red Cross volunteers welcome future vaccinated people.

    ACP.

    Le Figaro

  • 2/3 - William and Naïma prepare to inject the vaccine.

    ACP.

    Le Figaro

  • 3/3 - Yassine and Thomas print a digital covid certificate.

    ACP.

    Le Figaro

The procedure is well established.

Reception by two young girls and filling of a form requesting medical information.

Driving under one of the four tents provided for vaccination.

The volunteers from the Europe medical center, an “

injector

” and a doctor, vaccinate and finish filling out this form.

Then head to a double tent where four Red Cross workers print the digital Covid certificate containing the precious sesame: the QR code attesting to the vaccination.

Vaccination to fight against "

social inequalities

"

After fifteen minutes of waiting, the neo-vaccinated can leave.

Yesterday, the first day of the operation, only 80 doses were administered.

To increase this participation, anti-covid mediators (LAC) from the Red Cross meet passers-by in the square, urging them to be vaccinated.

"

I will try to talk about it around me and to my colleagues,

" also assures Azimellah, UberEats delivery man.

Read also: The health crisis has created new territorial inequalities

There is an urgent need to vaccinate. We have the doses and want to reach out to people who group together social inequalities. We have a responsibility to reach out to them,

”concludes Aurélien Rousseau, who assures that he wants to repeat these experiences. Place de l'Hotel-de-Ville, in the 4th arrondissement, a vaccination center will be held all summer. For its part, the mayor of Paris wants to conduct campaigns during the holding of Paris-Plages. 900,000 injections were performed last week in Ile-de-France.

Source: lefigaro

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