« Once again, our territory is largely forgotten in your national health strategy “. On Monday, Senator (PS) from the North Patrick Kanner called in an open letter the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran. The goal ? ” Obtain an explanation of the bad treatment reserved by the Government regarding the vaccination strategy in our region of Hauts de France », He announces. On Friday, the elected northerner assures us that he has not received a response from the minister. While the vaccination situation in our region has not really changed.
The region is 12th out of 13 in percentage of residents who received the first injection: true.
As of February 3, the date of the last available vaccine data, 120,538 inhabitants of Hauts-de-France had received at least one dose of a vaccine. In absolute terms, the Hauts-de-France region is therefore 7th out of the 13 metropolitan regions.
But our region is still poorly classified in terms of the percentage of people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine: 2.02% of the population (and more 1.91% as at the time of the open letter), which is still the penultimate place in metropolitan France, ahead of Île-de-France, and far from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (3.86%).
Vaccination is far from over in EHPADs: true
« What about EHPADs, for which vaccination only started in the 2nd part of January, and which is far from over in Hauts-de-France Patrick Kanner wondered at the start of the week. As of February 3, 53.1% of residents in EHPAD or USLD had received at least one dose of vaccine against Covid-19. This figure has earned the region its ranking of 12th out of 13 metropolitan regions, just ahead of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (46.6%), but very far behind Corsica (87.6%).
Making an appointment again possible at the beginning of next week
And the rest? It is no longer possible to make an appointment for a first injection since January 21, and two thirds of those who had already been taken had to be canceled in Hauts-de-France. The goal was to be able to ensure the second injections despite tight stocks of doses. On Wednesday, however, the ARS indicated that ” vaccination centers should be able to open new slots at the beginning of next week, for appointments from mid-February “. This makes it possible to keep the figure of 200,000 people having received at least one dose at the end of this month.
The ARS a also indicated that she was to receive 236,280 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna vaccines by the first week of March. It is therefore at the beginning of this month that the pace should accelerate, the region being at that date better endowed with Moderna doses than in previous weeks.
To date, Hauts-de-France have only received one dose for 46 inhabitants, against 33 for Normandy, for example. How are they distributed among the regions? ” The distribution key now used is the size of the target population, that is to say eligible for vaccination (over 75 years old, healthcare professionals, etc.). In February, around 164,000 doses should be delivered to the region (148,500 Pfizer and 15,600 Moderna), to cover both first and second injections in vaccination centers and structures welcoming elderly people of the nursing home type. », Replied the ARS Hauts-de-France on Wednesday.
Otherwise, the AstraZeneca vaccine, authorized Tuesday by the HAS and recommended for those under 65, must begin to be administered in France to caregivers on Saturday. In Hauts-de-France? We do not know yet.
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