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Mr. Libert / 20 Minutes
On Monday, the mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry, visited the municipal vaccination center opened the same morning in the district of Fives.
In view of the low number of doses of vaccines against the coronavirus received for the occasion, the elected representative was convinced that there was a "shortage of vaccines".
The sequence of events proved him right.
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The Fives vaccination center was supposed to be able to vaccinate more than 800 people over the age of 75 each week as part of this stage of the government's vaccination strategy.
Except that upon opening, all slots were filled for the next two weeks.
Martine Aubry had admitted to being worried and had urged the government to tell "the truth about the number of vaccines available".
Forced decrease in activity at the Fives vaccination center
And the fact is that the Hauts-de-France region has not been supplied in sufficient quantity to vaccinate all the people who can claim it.
The ARS therefore suspended, from Thursday, the appointment.
Another consequence is that many meetings already scheduled have been or will be postponed.
"In no case will they be canceled", however assures the city of Lille, specifying that the people concerned by these postponements "will receive notifications by Doctolib".
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Thus, from Monday, the vaccination center of Fives will modify its schedules to adapt to "this constrained decrease in activity".
The vaccinations will continue nevertheless, but "at a reduced rate", continues the town hall.
This involves in particular reducing the number of first injections in order to guarantee the possibility of giving the second injection within the required time.
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