• The city of Nice is launching its system to call on people eligible for the 4th dose of anti-Covid vaccine to come and be vaccinated.

  • “The trend is decreasing,” notes a nurse since the end of the vaccination pass.

  • The incidence rate still remains high in the department with more than 1,000 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Two weeks after the opening of the 4th dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 to people over 60, if the 3rd injection dates back more than six months, Rita, 81, accompanies her niece Anne-Marie, at the service council for hygiene and health, rue Hancy in Nice.

"I am personally already vaccinated four times because I had to travel to Italy and the authorities demanded all the booster doses," she says.

I have never caught the virus yet.

I also wanted to get vaccinated quickly because I am in contact with people on the street for volunteer work.

This dose protects me and protects others!

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Get vaccinated "because it's essential"

She is one of about ten people who registered on the city's website to be vaccinated on Wednesday.

Since the beginning of the month, 139 people have received the 4th injection in this center.

Too little according to the expectations of the town hall.

"The pace is slow and requires a campaign boost, a booster shot," said Christian Estrosi during a visit.

"Depending on the influx, we can requisition the green theater," said the mayor.

But for the moment, only two communal centers, which do other vaccinations, are open for this 4th dose.

And mobile teams will also criss-cross the middle and high country, assured the elected official.

Before calling on eligible people to get vaccinated, he recalled that “we have enough doses to meet all requests”.

Among them, Christiane, 88 years old.

“I came without an appointment.

I had to do it since last week already”.

For her, “it is essential”.

“I have grandchildren, I live in Nice, there are tourists.

I want to avoid having Covid-19 simply because I am of a certain age!

Jacqueline, 82, has also just received her 4th dose.

It was the Nice seniors' house that offered him this meeting.

“I was lazy since I had already been eligible for several weeks but when I was told about it, it motivated me.

In addition, my companion tested positive this morning.

It is therefore all the more important and necessary for the prevention of the disease.

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According to Patricia, a nurse at the vaccination centre, “the people concerned know that it is important and come naturally.

We have about twenty vaccinations against Covid-19 per day.

But since the end of the vaccination pass and the end of many health restrictions, we have less flow.

Even with the arrival of Novavax [without messenger RNA, for people who have never received a dose], there has been no tidal wave.

The overall trend is downward.

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Covid-19 indicators in the department

Faced with this observation, the town hall is relaunching its vaccination campaign, recalling that the incidence rate is high.

“We remain at high or even very high viral load levels, according to wastewater readings,” says Barbara Prot, municipal councilor in charge of health prevention and health education.

We reached a peak and now we are stagnating at a plateau.

It is therefore very important for the elderly but also immunocompromised people and people with pathologies, who are fragile in the face of this virus, to come to have a new production of antibodies.

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The incidence rate in the Alpes-Maritimes amounts to 1,044 positive cases per 100,00 inhabitants, with a positivity rate of 26.7%, according to the latest report from the regional health agency Paca.

“The good news is that we are no longer overwhelmed at the hospital, breathes Barbara Prot.

We can then say that if we are not fragile, we do not die of Covid-19 today but we must remain very careful, wear a mask and pay attention to barrier gestures in general.

“Across the department, 279 patients were hospitalized, 29 in intensive care, according to data published on Tuesday.

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