A vaccination center managed by firefighters has just opened its doors in Colomiers. For the moment, the priority is to vaccinate the over 65s.
“I am relieved to have my 3rd dose. I get vaccinated first for myself but also for others. I also had my flu shot a month ago, ”says Dominique, 67, this Wednesday morning.
“I prefer to be vaccinated. It is a story of risk benefit and then with this variant about which we do not know much, we are a little worried, ”says Yasmina for her part.
Dominique and she are among the first patients to have received their 3rd dose in the new vaccination center in Colomiers, 10 kilometers north of Toulouse.
Last Tuesday, the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service opened this center in a gymnasium. On the first day of its opening, the structure, assembled within 48 hours, accommodated 241 people. It should accommodate 500 per day from next week. Aimed primarily at people over 65, the center will accommodate other populations later.
“We want the vaccine offer to increase in strength in practices, pharmacies, and also vaccination centers. The challenge is to vaccinate everyone over 65 so that they are in the nails ”, mentioned the prefect Étienne Guyot visiting the vaccination center this Wednesday morning. As a reminder, as of December 15, people over the age of 65 must have recalled for their health pass to remain valid.
“Vaccination is the only rational response to this pandemic. The Department has not closed its centers in Montastruc and Villefranche, and could if necessary set up a fourth center, ”for his part underlined Georges Méric, the president of the departmental council.
76% of the inhabitants of Haute-Garonne fully vaccinated
“The center is managed by the fire brigade. Several of them have been trained in injection, but the preparation of the doses remains in the hands of the nurses ”, specifies the colonel and chief pharmacist Thierry Lacombe. In Haute-Garonne, Thierry Cardouat, director of the departmental delegation of the ARS, specifies that 86% of inhabitants have had their first dose, and 76% have a complete vaccination schedule.
Other vaccination centers should open in the coming days, especially hall 8. “We are working hard to complete the offer. The number of cases is increasing in hospitals, we are monitoring this trend, we are in a race against time. “
As for the other vaccination centers, the appointment is made online on the site KelDoc.
Etienne Guyot, the prefect, Georges Méric, president of the departmental council, and Thierry Cardouat, director of the departmental delegation of the ARS in Haute-Garonne, went to the vaccination center of Colomiers this Wednesday morning.
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