The mayor of Paris is calling for "
emergency measures
" from the state to obtain more doses and personnel vaccinating against monkeypox, on the eve of the opening of a specific vaccination center in the capital which concentrates a large part of the French cases.
The 30,000 doses of vaccine destocked announced on Friday July 22 by the Ministry of Health, “
it is completely insufficient
”, estimates the assistant (EELV) for health Anne Souyris, for whom it would take ten times more to vaccinate preventively - in two doses - all people at risk in Ile-de-France.
All vaccinated in September
According to Santé Publique France, the capital region counted on Thursday in number of residents nearly half (726) of the 1,567 confirmed cases in France.
For Aides, there are 100,000 to 300,000 people who need an anti-smallpox vaccination in France.
Like other associations for the fight against AIDS and elected representatives on the left, who are very critical of the vaccination campaign launched on July 11, Anne Souyris is calling on the government for a "
much more serious and much faster system in terms of recruitment
" to find the vaccinating staff "
for the month and a half of vacation that we have left
".
"
Everyone must be vaccinated in September
," said deputy mayor Anne Hidalgo.
“
We did it against the Covid, we must be able to do it again.
»
specific center
While twelve hospitals and five sexual health centers (CSD) in the Ile-de-France region have gradually started vaccination, a first specific center for the town hall of Paris will open on Tuesday in the 13th arrondissement.
This Edison center, which will be open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday mornings, will initially operate with around ten temporary health professionals, says Anne Souyris.
According to the elected, the recruitment of 13 full-time people could make it possible to inject 4,000 doses per week, against around 2,500 last week, Paris hospitals and municipal centers combined.
“
We should arrive at 10,000 doses per week in Paris
”, estimates the elected EELV.
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Additional recruitment could also make it possible to open a second specific vaccination site by the end of the week, adds Anne Souyris.
The deputy also criticizes the government for a “
lack of information
”, in particular on the existing stock of doses, which contributes “
to a double penalty: inability to protect themselves and discrimination
” for men who have sex with men ( MSM), ultra-majority in confirmed cases.
