Europe 1 was able to attend the first morning of the opening of the vaccination against the coronavirus to over 75s in Nancy, Wednesday, a week ahead of the rest of the country.

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Nationally, those over 75 will not begin to be vaccinated against the coronavirus until next week.

Except in Nancy, a city in one of the areas most affected by the epidemic at the moment, and where the process began on Wednesday morning.

Europe 1 was able to go to the Palais des Congrès, one of the places transformed into vaccination centers. 

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"For my life, quite simply"

In the midst of white hair, canes and walkers, Jacques is patient, his beret under his arm.

"I'll let you sit on the chair and you will be called by the doctor," the 91-year-old man is told. 

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Jacques is impatient.

"For my life, quite simply," he smiles.

"It seems like common sense to me. People our age, my age in particular, if they get the disease, it is fatal for them. You can't hide things."

The operation takes place under the satisfied gaze of the mayor of Nancy, the socialist Mathieu Klein, for whom, it is "important that in the most affected areas, vaccination goes faster".

15,000 appointments already set

"I was pleased to note that a very large number of inhabitants had rushed to this possibility which was offered to them", welcomes the councilor.

"For yesterday alone [Tuesday,

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, 9,000 calls were received on the telephone platform. 15,000 first and second injection appointments have already been set. We are wringing our necks at the idea that the French are vaccino-skeptics. "

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To keep pace, the nine vaccination centers in the metropolis must perform a thousand injections every day, from Wednesday.