The state releases its stock of flu vaccines

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The government has "made available" to pharmacies and hospitals its stock of influenza vaccines, or 2.4 million doses reserved for nursing homes and priority patients, a union of pharmacists said on Monday.

Doped by Covid-19, the flu vaccination has been full, to such an extent that the State is now taking over from laboratories to deliver pharmacies.

A decree published on Sunday in the Official Journal gave the green light to the distribution of vaccines "purchased by the pharmaceutical establishment of the National Public Health Agency".

Public Health France will therefore be able to ship the “2.4 million additional doses” that it stores, and which will be “exclusively reserved for people targeted by the vaccine recommendations in force”, specifies the Union of community pharmacists unions (Uspo).

Delivery this week

Priority will be given to residents and staff of nursing homes, the pharmacies concerned having to report their needs for a delivery "from November 30".

For the other priority patients, pharmacies will have to inform each week the state of their stocks, in anticipation of a distribution "at the beginning of December".

The Uspo points out that the vaccination campaign launched on October 13 exceeded in one month that of last year, with nearly 10.7 million doses dispensed on November 17, more than 91% of which were sold to priority people - including 3.1 million directly vaccinated in pharmacies.

According to the union, the last deliveries of vaccines by laboratories are expected this week.

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