“This ensures that we can vaccinate faster, without reducing protection,” said Veran in the newspaper. He also said that the under-attacked AstraZeneca drug will be available to all over-55s from Monday, and not just those with underlying suffering. The vaccine from Janssen in Leiden will also be used for people over 55 from Monday. France will then receive about 200,000 doses thereof. According to Veran, that is a week earlier than planned.
Every day, an average of around 40,000 new infections are diagnosed in France. The country, which instituted another strict lockdown last weekend, is expected to pass the grim milestone of 100,000 corona deaths this week. The number of infections remains very high, says Veran. “We assume that the decline will come after a period of stabilization. But then we have to keep going.”
In the Netherlands, the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine has the second injection after about six weeks, with Moderna after four weeks and with AstraZeneca after 12 weeks.
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