“
My husband went to our pharmacy last Saturday without an appointment and he was able to be vaccinated.
He even had the choice between Moderna and Pfizer,
”says Anne.
Despite the lack of slots available, sometimes until next February, some people manage to get their booster dose quickly by going to a pharmacy.
"
I went to the same place three days later and I was also able to call back, however there was only Moderna
", adds this fiftieth, who lives in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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Same story for Alexis, whose father, 72, was able to get an appointment "
simply by making a phone call
" to Boulogne-Billancourt.
A situation confirmed by Doctor Philippe Besset, President of the Federation of Pharmaceutical Syndicates of France (FSPF): "
there are about 2000 pharmacies that are listed on the internet, but more than 16,000 vaccinate,
" he explains.
He therefore strongly advises to try your luck: "
I myself reserve slots for my clients
".
Be careful, however, it is better to go to your usual pharmacy to increase your chances, as a Parisian establishment confirms: "
we only vaccinate our regular customers.
We are therefore not present on the internet and there is no withdrawal,
”explains an employee of this pharmacy in the 9th arrondissement.
Pharmacists in high demand
It must be said that the profession has become one of the spearheads of the recall campaign: "
we were requested by the minister
", confirms Philippe Besset.
To encourage the 16,000 pharmacists performing injections to "
remain open as much as possible on weekends
", an increase of five euros per vaccination carried out at the end of the week will be granted to them.
However, it is not enough to enter the first establishment flanked by a luminous green cross to come out vaccinated.
"
We do not have doses available immediately but we can take the names of people and call them back if there is a withdrawal,
" explains one at the checkout of a Parisian pharmacy.
Others advise outright not to try your luck in the store: "as
soon as you receive doses or there is a free space, you put it on Doctolib
", we warn at the Carré Opéra pharmacy, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
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The passage in pharmacy can also make it possible to make the vaccine against the seasonal flu: "
there is no contraindication
", reassures Dr. Philippe Besset,
"I often have the flu in the left arm and the Covid in the right arm ... or the other way around
”.