UPDATE thread on France’s anti-Covid vax programme.
Overall, it’s still frustratingly slow. The AstraZeneca roll-out has been very poor – largely because of rejection of the AZ jab by health workers. BUT that may soon change… 1/10
Overall, it’s still frustratingly slow. The AstraZeneca roll-out has been very poor – largely because of rejection of the AZ jab by health workers. BUT that may soon change… 1/10
The government is planning belatedly an “AZ-is-wonderful” P.R. campaign based on Scots findings that the vax is 90% effective and fine for old people. As a result, the Fr. health supervisory board may soon recommend that Fr. lifts its ban on AZ for the over 65’s. 2/10
That would be a game-changer, with 6m AstraZeneca doses due to arrive in France in the coming month and over 9m in April. But Macron and his government must carry a large part of the blame for what they now call primly AZ’s “image deficit” in France. 3/10
It’s taken a long time for the govt to counter exaggerated media reports of AZ side-effects. Macron said, without evidence, that AZ was “quasi-inefficace” for the over 65’s. As a result, only 181, 364 AZ jabs had been given by yesterday – out of 547,000 received in Feb. 4/10
From Thursday AstraZeneca jabs were being offered in GP surgeries to 50-64 year olds with underlying health conditions. By mid-March they will be offered through GP’s AND pharmacies and available to all people over 50. 5/10
On the wider rollout…
Over 2.8m first doses were given by Thurs night and almost 1.5m second doses (which is 2x the 2nd doses given so far in the UK).
Feb. has been over twice as fast as Dec 27-Jan31 – but France will fall 1m short of the 4m shots promised for this month. 6/10
Over 2.8m first doses were given by Thurs night and almost 1.5m second doses (which is 2x the 2nd doses given so far in the UK).
Feb. has been over twice as fast as Dec 27-Jan31 – but France will fall 1m short of the 4m shots promised for this month. 6/10
Weekend shots (slow in all countries) are desperately low in France (below 10,000 last Sun). The daily average in the last week was circa 112,000, slightly down on the previous week. It hit a new record of 180,020 on Thurs so yesterday’s figure, when known, may boost the av. 7/10
For a detailed look at where the French rollout stood on Thurs night, see the graph below by @NicolasBerrod, a go-to journalist on vax stats and updates. By my calculation, Fr. should deliver circa 3m jabs in 28 days this month – compared to 1.6m in the first 35 days.
8/10
8/10
Good news. France’s decision to give precedence to care homes is saving lives. Over 80% of care home residents have now had 1 shot and over 50% 2 shots. One in 3 of over-75’s have received 1 shot.
Care home deaths are down 50% in 3 weeks. 9/10
Care home deaths are down 50% in 3 weeks. 9/10
Looking ahead….Castex promised on Thurs that all willing over 75’s would be first vaccinated by the end of March and shots would (finally) be offered to the “forgotten” 65-74 cohort in early April.
If the AZ ban for over 65’s IS lifted, this could speed up significantly
10/10
If the AZ ban for over 65’s IS lifted, this could speed up significantly
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