Tuesday the batches of vaccines for the Vaucluse were delivered to the Avignon hospital center both for its own use but also to dispatcher them in the establishments concerned. 4,875 doses for this first delivery. The Avignon hospital sent in insulated packaging to the three nursing homes concerned, namely Opalines in Pontet, l’Albionnaise in Saint-Christol and Le Soleil Comtadin in Aubignan. It is the volunteer residents who are vaccinated as well as the candidate staff members.
Half of Aubignan nursing home residents vaccinated
In Aubignan, 26 residents out of 50 were consenting or with the agreement of the families or guardian, if not their attending physician. For the staff, about fifteen people also received their first vaccine before the booster in three weeks. The staff of the Beaumes-de Venise nursing home, twinned with it, was also invited, as well as health professionals in the sector over 50 years old, such as private doctors.
Here this first delivery 40 doses each of which represents the possibility of vaccinating 5 times. Dice next week new arrival of doses at the Avignon hospital center and here in Aubignan as in the other nursing homes concerned in three weeks second injection for the booster and probably the first for new volunteers.
Residents of Ehpads, but also health professionals over 50 or at risk
The first vaccinations also this Thursday at the Avignon hospital center where with the residents of his Ehpad (long-term care unit) and caregivers there are 150 first vaccinations. The campaign will continue at the Avignon hospital or on Mondays a permanent center will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for health professionals over 50 years of age and those with long-term illnesses or aggravating symptoms for Covid.
While this Friday also begins the vaccination of firefighters of the department and home helpers, over 50 years old and / or presenting risk factors. Remember that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (the only one authorized for the moment in France) is packaged a temperature of -80 ° but thawed must be administered no later than three days later.
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Supply logistics must be put in place
The Ministry of Health had specified that each establishment will be served by three rotations: “The first delivery which was made this week on the basis of the needs expressed by the establishments.
A second delivery, occurring three weeks after the first, allowing the delivery of the doses necessary for the booster injection for people who have already received a first injection, as well as an additional allocation to meet the need not covered by the first delivery“.
“A third delivery will deliver the doses necessary for the booster injection to people who received their first injection during the second deliveryThe government also announced that vaccination, before the end of January, will be offered in dedicated centers in town, to all people over 75 years old.
The Vaucluse still on a plateau with a very slight improvement
The Regional Health Agency in the journaling report of this January 7 for the Covid-19 epidemic recency for the department since March, 462 deaths in hospitals (five more since the assessment of the day before) and 126 in nursing homes (stable figure), while the number of positive people hospitalized continues to decrease in the department.
This Thursday there are 186 people in conventional hospitalization (two outings since the day before) and 111 in follow-up and rehabilitation care (four less). There is always 16 people in intensive care beds or two more. The number of people hospitalized is therefore still significant but remains on what is called a plateau which since the beginning of the week has only fluctuated slightly.
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