Some 13 vaccination centers in the Bas-Rhin have seen their opening date postponed by a week because of "decreases in deliveries of Pfizer vaccines over the next two weeks," the local ARS reported.
The vaccinations scheduled for January 25 and 26 are also postponed.
Several vaccination centers in the Bas-Rhin have seen their opening date postponed by a week because of "decreases in deliveries of Pfizer vaccines over the next two weeks", announced Tuesday the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Grand Est.
In the Bas-Rhin, four centers, in the municipalities of Wasselone, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, Schiltigheim and Lingolsheim, will open their doors on January 28, with an "8 day lag".
Thirteen centers in total will be open in the department on that date.
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A "postponement of the vaccinations scheduled for Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 January"
The ARS also reports a "postponement of the vaccinations scheduled for Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 January".
The appointments will be integrated "into the schedules for the coming weeks".
The Agency specifies that all the centers have opened in the other departments of the Grand Est region, but that some will close "temporarily on Thursday and Friday" in the Marne, while in Haute-Marne, closures are being studied "for several days".
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