Since this weekend, pharmacists have started to vaccinate against the coronavirus.

These are 7,000 vials that were delivered to pharmacies to be able to administer 70,000 doses "by the end of this weekend or Monday at the latest".

Direction Hauts-de-France, near Valenciennes, where the injections have started in one of the pharmacies. 

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"This is the sterile fields to be able to prepare our syringes afterwards".

With a fridge and vaccination equipment, Claire Hulin, pharmacist near Valenciennes in Hauts-de-France, has arranged the back of her pharmacy to carry out the first injections, which will take place on Saturday morning.

She is one of the pharmacists who have agreed to help doctors speed up the vaccination campaign against Covid-19, from this weekend.  

Her appointment book is full for the ten doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine she received, like 7,000 other pharmacies.

For all these pharmacies, the procedure is the same.

"The waiting lists for vaccination respect the priorities. You must be over 50 years old and have a long-term illness or be over 75 years old. It is from this waiting list that 'then we call the patients ", explains Philippe Besset at the microphone of Europe 1. For him," there will be 70,000 people vaccinated by pharmacists at the end of this weekend or Monday at the latest ". 

Patients not always reassured by the AstraZeneca vaccine

And despite the controversies over the AstraZenaca vaccine she will administer, Claire Hulin is not worried.

"It's our daily life to reassure patients, to convince people to inject a vaccine. It's our job," reassures the pharmacist.

To date, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Bulgaria have suspended injections of the AstraZeneca vaccine, over fears of blood clots in vaccinated people, and Italy has banned the use of the vaccine. 'a batch of AstraZeneca.

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So in this Valencian pharmacy, opinions are still mixed.

One of the clients claims to have "very much confidence" in her pharmacist.

"I've been coming for years, if I have to do it, I would," she adds.

Another is still wondering about the vaccine.

"For the moment, we are a little in the fog", she confides.

Before adding: "Even if my doctor tells me that I can take it 100%, I will be reluctant."

For her part, Claire Hulin tries to reassure.

It ensures that, reported to the local population, the risk is negligible.

"I made a small calculation, that represents two cases on the whole district of Valenciennes if it were vaccinated at 100%. The zero risk will never exist either with a drug or with any vaccine" , explains the pharmacist.

Ultimately, she says, the aspiration for vaccination will be stronger than doubts about possible side effects.