Preparation of a dose of Moderna vaccine.

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Some 8,000 additional Moderna vaccine doses have been allocated for Pas-de-Calais in order to halt an acceleration of the Covid-19 epidemic, after the surge in contaminations in Dunkirk, the regional agency announced on Friday. of health (ARS).

"2,000 doses are deployed initially for vaccinations in the coming days and 6,000 doses will be delivered in early March," detailed the ARS in a press release.

They will be "distributed in the vaccination centers of the territory in order to accelerate the vaccination of the 75 years and over", she specified.

Strong circulation of the British variant

In addition, an “exceptional” screening campaign will be organized Monday and Tuesday in Saint-Omer to “facilitate access to the test as close as possible to the living or working places of the inhabitants”.

These tests, free, without an appointment and without a prescription, even without symptoms, will be conducted by mediators.

Pas-de-Calais has experienced a "significant acceleration" in the circulation of the virus in recent days, with an incidence rate of 268.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, against 180.5 on January 31.

This virus circulation is particularly marked in Artois and Audomarois with incidence rates exceeding 500 in certain sectors.

In Dunkirk, an exceptional screening campaign carried out Thursday and Friday will also be renewed on Monday and Tuesday, said the ARS.

More than 1,750 antigenic and PCR tests, of which at least 51 were positive, have been carried out since Thursday in Dunkirk, ARS told AFP on Friday evening.

Out of eight positive tests identified Thursday in Dunkirk, seven were of the British variant.

The ARS had given the alert on February 10 in the face of a "worrying" acceleration of the circulation of this variant in the vicinity of Dunkirk.

It is present in "more than 70% of positive RT-PCR tests in certain laboratories," she said on Monday.

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