Nolan has dried his tears and his little face is once again smiling broadly.
Peruvian Pat Patrol hat on his head, dark blue glasses screwed on his nose, and bundled up in his black coat, the valiant 6-year-old boy has just received his first dose of anti-Covid vaccine, this Wednesday morning, in the center departmental vaccination program of Bobigny.
Since December 22, the latter also welcomes children aged 5 to 11.
In addition to the vaccine, Nolan is awaiting the results of his serological test.
“To see if I need to do a second dose.
»A« trod »which is carried out at the end of a finger and which seems to sting much more than the vaccine itself according to the children.
A few minutes ago, the little guy was not so relaxed.
“I was scared when I hadn't even been stung.
I cried instantly, I don't like needles but it was so fast that they didn't even have time to console me.
"
Her mother *, Laëtitia, followed the advice of those around her and her doctors.
“He is in rather fragile health, so I didn't hesitate.
Many parents have taken the plunge.
“Out of good citizenship.
"Because at the moment there is only the vaccine.
To protect their offspring and others.
The virus, Nolan is flushed with it
“A child is precious.
With the variant, it is better, ”continues Laëtitia.
The virus, Nolan has had it all.
“We always have to have a mask, it itches;
there are always rules to follow and announcements from Macron, it's annoying.
"
At the end of the room, Tess, 11 and a half, is patient and impatient.
She "hates needles" and is sick of doing repeat tests.
“I'm afraid for my loved ones, she breathes.
My 86-year-old great-grandmother got the Covid for Christmas.
"
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“In our surroundings, cases are exploding, complete Prune, his mother.
So, since she will be 12 years old in two months, and because she is a little overweight, we decided to have her vaccinated.
She will have a smaller dose like that.
If she had said no, I wouldn't have forced her.
"
In prevention, the young girl put on an anesthetic patch.
“I hardly felt anything,” she blurted out a few minutes after her injection, relieved and sucked in by a game on her phone.
Her legs have stopped dancing on the chair and her voice is clearer.
Very distressed, Tess, 11 and a half, had put an anesthetic patch in prevention so that the bite hurt less.
LP / Cindy Bonnaud
“They brought in nursery nurses, appreciates a mother, who embraces her courageous 6 and a half year old daughter.
They have a lot of patience with children.
"She is a pediatrician and ensures to see" all day long children sick with Covid in the hospital, with their unvaccinated parents.
The forms are, of course, not very serious, but there can be post-Covid infections.
So, if we can avoid… ”
Song, Disney and sport to de-stress
The nurses are trying to make the time less stressful.
"She told me it wasn't going to hurt but that didn't reassure me," Nolan smiles.
So, they talked about Encanto, the last Disney.
He's already seen it twice.
“We sang Bruno's song.
Unstoppable, here he is singing softly and spoiling the whole film.
With Tess, stress management is done by talking about sports, competition and leaflets.
"You are a champion," congratulates the nurse.
It will be fine for next time!
Tess is hoping for a positive serological test.
Negative.
She will have to come back in three weeks for her second dose.
"It means that you were careful and respected the barrier gestures", congratulates the nurse.
“In total, until Tuesday evening, 388 children received a first injection, details Clément Durrbach, the head of the center.
So far we had 160 doses per week.
As of next week, we go to 200. "
"We were one of the first centers to open on the basis of the health opinion of the Haute Autorité de santé," explains Stéphane Troussel, the president of the department.
Children play a large part in the chain of transmission.
It must be curbed and vaccination is the lasting solution.
"
"Nearly 10,000 injections have been made in Île-de-France" on this age group, since the opening of the vaccination, specifies the regional health agency.
“Including 1,910 in Seine-Saint-Denis.
It goes up gradually and there were the school holidays.
"
* Children must be
accompanied by a parent
and a signed authorization form from at least one parent.