• In Ile-de-France, a little over 45% of the population is fully vaccinated and 10% awaiting their second dose.

  • The ARS hopes to obtain 20 additional vaccination points in the region.

  • A quarter of the Ile-de-France centers will be closed this summer.

It was first described as a marathon, it now looks more like a sprint.

Since July 12 and Emmanuel Macron's announcements relating to the health pass, the vaccination campaign has experienced a serious boost and the objectives revised upwards.

Now, 50 million first injections are expected by the end of August.

That is a little over ten million in five weeks.

If the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, announced the opening of five million meetings in the coming days, some are already worried about the feasibility of this bet in the middle of the summer.

Extension of deadlines

In Ile-de-France, where just over 45% of the population is fully vaccinated - and 10% awaiting the second dose - the effects of Emmanuel Macron's speech were immediate. On the day of his speech and in the three days that followed, 650,000 appointments were made. So much so that the number of injections has jumped 53% in the last seven days, with 54,000 daily injections on average. "Our goal is to gain 20 points before the start of the school year," says one within the ARS, which specifies that vaccination coverage among 18-49 year olds has increased by 3.4% this week, and even 4% for 12-17 year olds.

But who says exceptional demand, says extension of deadlines.

If throughout the month of June, the waiting period between making an appointment and the first injection was around 5 days, it is now around 13 days, according to Doctolib statistics.

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Thus, 39% of the appointments made Wednesday in Ile-de-France on this platform will take place in more than two weeks.

It is certain that there is an additional pressure at the moment since the announcements, but new niches are opened every day ”, specifies a health source.

The allocation of each center is assessed daily by the ARS, in conjunction with the ARS, according to the number of people, the demand in the sector, the capacity of the center but also the available staff.

Center closure and vaccination without appointment

But this extension of deadlines is also structural: a quarter of the region's vaccination centers have closed or are preparing to do so during the summer, with significant regional disparities. In Seine-Saint-Denis, a department in which the population is the least vaccinated, all the centers remain open. In the Yvelines, on the other hand, only 42% will be accessible this summer. When announcing these closures, the ARS announced that 82% of its vaccine supply would be kept. Can the announcement of the President of the Republic and the resumption of the Delta variant modify this objective? "For now, we are waiting to know how many doses will be allocated to us at the regional level", indicates the organization.

While there is no question of reopening centers this summer, ephemeral vaccination operations without an appointment could multiply, whether at the foot of the towers but also in leisure centers, in Paris-Plage. , in shopping centers.

A way for those in a hurry to get their first dose, the first step towards their health passport.

"We observe, since the announcements of the President, a stronger affluence", assures one to the ARS.

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