The new large vaccination center at Porte de Versailles, in Paris, which will participate in "the scaling up of the vaccination campaign" with up to 2,000 injections per day, opens its doors on Thursday and will be inaugurated by Emmanuel Macron, announced the Elysee.
The Head of State is expected in the middle of the morning at the Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles, where major exhibitions such as Agriculture are held, in the company of Health Ministers Olivier Véran and Interior Ministers Gérald Darmanin.
The Paris Fire Department in charge of the center
In one of its buildings, the vaccination center will be opened which, managed by the Paris Fire Brigade, will accommodate 20 vaccination lines and perform up to 2,000 injections per day, according to the Elysee.
The government has set itself the goal of reaching the 20 million mark for the first doses injected by May 15, then 30 million a month later.
As of Monday, 16.1 million first doses and 6.6 million second doses had been totaled.
The campaign will be officially open to everyone over 50 on May 15, and to all adults on June 15.
For this, France expects more vials of the four vaccines authorized in May (4.5 million doses per week) and June (6.9 million weekly).
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