Nelly, a nurse in the infectious diseases department at Toulouse University Hospital, was vaccinated on Wednesday January 6.

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B. Colin / 20 Minutes

  • The first vaccination centers for nursing staff over 50 and at risk opened in Haute-Garonne on Wednesday.

    There will be 13 by next Monday.

  • In nursing homes and long-term care units in Haute-Garonne, more than 10,600 residents are likely to be vaccinated if they give their consent by February 1.

  • The 26 Covid centers deployed in the department could be transformed into a vaccination center as part of the ramp-up of the campaign.

“I have helped in the Covid service and have seen the plight of patients, families and caregivers.

For me, this is the only solution ”.

Nelly, a nurse in the infectious diseases department at Toulouse University Hospital, had no reluctance to be vaccinated this Wednesday morning in the first two centers deployed in Haute-Garonne, at Purpan hospital.

She is one of the priority health personnel to receive the first doses received since the day before by the hospital.

And she wasn't the only one standing in line for her injection.

In the line, many convinced, including the departmental president of physicians, Stéphane Oustric, who will open his own vaccination center Thursday within the House of health professions.

"We created a website last night, where professionals can make an appointment so as not to make them hang around", explains the practitioner, who has no less than 3,700 doctors over 50 years registered with the order in Haute -Garonne.

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By Monday, all those who are part of the priority audiences will have the opportunity to register in one of the thirteen centers deployed across the department, whether in clinics, hospitals or within the vaccination center. from the town hall of Toulouse, at La Daurade.

The 10,000 or so doses already received will therefore be quickly used up and new deliveries are expected in the coming days.

Converted Covid centers?

At the same time, the deployment continues in the nursing homes and long-term care units of the department, where 10,623 residents are likely to be vaccinated by February 1 if they give their consent.

"The idea is to step up to anticipate phase 2. There will be other vaccination centers, so we do not rule out the possibility of transforming the 26 Covid units deployed throughout the territory into vaccination centers", notes Laurent Poquet, the departmental delegate of the regional health agency.

Especially since today these structures, which also take care of carrying out PCR and antigen screening in addition to consultations, are less in demand.

Every day in the department, 5,000 tests are carried out, of which 3% come back positive when they were more than 14% last November.

"Those deployed in partnership with the town hall were left behind and are available, or any other municipal equipment if necessary", assures François Chollet, the elected representative for this health crisis.

Support from communities that health professionals have felt.

“They all tell us that they have space available to open centers.

We have 26 Covid centers.

At the height of the crisis, we had 60 that we can all reopen as soon as we are given the green light ”, continues Olivier Oustric, whose patients are increasingly numerous to declare themselves ready to recover. handle.

No home vaccination

For the moment, there is no question of vaccinating at home, outside nursing homes or vaccination centers, including during phase 2 with people over 75 years old.

"For the moment, we are moving cautiously because there is an important upstream logistics concerning the vaccine and also pharmacovigilance questions", specifies Laurent Poquet, with reference to the shelf life and repackaging of the doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

“We have the ability to vaccinate, like nurses.

If we have to do it, we will do it in our offices, where we have refrigerators.

Let's also stop thinking that there is only the Pfizer vaccine, Moderna will also arrive and it has fewer logistical constraints, ”concludes the departmental representative of doctors.

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