Covid-19: opening of a "vaccinodrome" in Paris in early May

"A vaccination center of very large capacity", mobilizing in particular the firefighters of Paris, will be open at the beginning of May at the Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles, announced Wednesday the Paris Police Prefecture and the City in a statement. 

Paris will host a large vaccination center at the Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles at the beginning of May, the Paris Police Prefecture and the City announced on Wednesday in a press release. 

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"A very large capacity vaccination center"

"The police headquarters, the Ile-de-France regional health agency, in collaboration with the City of Paris, are mobilizing to open, from the beginning of May, a very large capacity vaccination center , with the mobilization of the Paris fire brigade ", these authorities wrote in a joint press release. 

At the beginning of April, the PS mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo had asked the state authorities to "anticipate" the development of one or more vaccinodromes in Paris, during a visit to the vaccination center installed at the Stade de France .

During a meeting at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron welcomed the fact that vaccination "is accelerating";

13 million people had received a first dose on Wednesday evening.

The Covid-19 epidemic seems to be on a downward slope in France, but the strain on the health system remains strong, with more than 31,000 hospitalized patients, including almost 6,000 in intensive care, according to the latest figures.

A vaccination center at Disneyland from Saturday

A large vaccination center will also open from Saturday at Disneyland Paris, temporarily closed because of the pandemic, the Seine-et-Marne prefecture announced on Wednesday.

The vaccinodrome will be installed "within the convention center of Disney's Newport Bay Club of Disneyland Paris", usually used for professional events, said the prefecture, which is piloting this operation with the Regional Health Agency of Ile-de-France. de-France and the departmental council.

The chosen location is located near the hotels, outside the amusement park itself.

No thematic activities linked to the park are planned.