Weekly French vaccination thread.
Good news/bad news.
The good news includes the fact that France administered 1,500,000 shots in 7 days to Thursday, including 1,170,000 1st doses. This is +200,000 shots a day on average, after an av. 76,000 in 1st 10 weeks of the roll-out
1/12
Good news/bad news.
The good news includes the fact that France administered 1,500,000 shots in 7 days to Thursday, including 1,170,000 1st doses. This is +200,000 shots a day on average, after an av. 76,000 in 1st 10 weeks of the roll-out
1/12
Other good news (for me anyway), I received a 1st AstraZeneca jab at my doc's surgery in Calvados yesterday. Slight fever today but no real sickness. The process took 40 minutes: a thorough Q and A with a locum doctor, a jab by a nurse and 15 mins wait before I could leave.
2/12
2/12
Other good news (for everyone), the EU and France have approved a fourth type of vaccine – Janssen or Johnson and Johnson – which will be available from next month. This is a one-shot only vaccine and easy to store. It should be offered through GP’s and pharmacies. 3/12
Bad news: AstraZeneca announced today that it was (again) cutting supplies to France and EU countries this month and in the next quarter. AZ blamed the fact that “non-EU countries” (ie mostly the USA) were blocking exports of vaccines. 4/12
In US case, this is pure dog-in-manger. USA has still not approved the AZ vaccine. And then the UK press accuses the EU of “vaccine nationalism”… The EU (despite much publicised Italian block on sales to Oz) has exported millions of Pfizer doses to UK and other countries. 5/12
How significant a problem the AZ supply cuts will prove is unclear. Overall, France is going faster (72% of doses used, compared to 50% end Jan) BUT it has so far used only 1.1m of the 2m AZ doses received from the EU supply programme. Plenty still in the fridge then… 6/12
Talking of catching up, the French media, long supine with some honourable exceptions, has begun to investigate/attack the French vax programme, just as it starts to take off. See cover of Le Point below with Macron riding a snail. Nothing very new in their coverage. 7/12 
The acceleration in the past week is partly thanks to a big effort last weekend in which firefighters and others were involved. Over 200,000 shots last Sat! 100,000 on Sun! The same today. The aim is to use up the AZ backlog, caused by the resistance of health/care workers.
8/12
8/12
Doctors, meanwhile, are complaining they aren't getting enough doses. After some Dr’s leaders said it should all be done in vaxodromes, others now say they should have been involved from start. All the same France hit 280,000 shots on Thurs – a record 9/12
Vax figures as of Thurs night:
1st doses since Dec 27: 4,569,849.
2nd doses 2,152,230.
In last 7 days, the daily av. of 1st doses was 168, 225.
To hit target of 10m first jabs by mid-April, France needs to give 152,777 a day. Pharmacies joining in from Mon. So doable. 10/12
1st doses since Dec 27: 4,569,849.
2nd doses 2,152,230.
In last 7 days, the daily av. of 1st doses was 168, 225.
To hit target of 10m first jabs by mid-April, France needs to give 152,777 a day. Pharmacies joining in from Mon. So doable. 10/12
And some good news to finish with…
The vaccination of Ehpad (care home patients) has now reached 87.4% (1st jabs) and 66.3% (2nd jabs) Those figures put into perspective the polls showing only around 60% of French adults want to be vaxxed. 11/12
The vaccination of Ehpad (care home patients) has now reached 87.4% (1st jabs) and 66.3% (2nd jabs) Those figures put into perspective the polls showing only around 60% of French adults want to be vaxxed. 11/12
And, whatever the justified criticism of other aspects of the rollout, the Ehpad campaign has been an extraordinary success.
Care home deaths are down from 100 a day in November to 20 a day now.
(See chart by the excellent @nicolasberrod)
12/12
Care home deaths are down from 100 a day in November to 20 a day now.
(See chart by the excellent @nicolasberrod)
12/12
13/12
Useful update here. there were 330,000 jabs given yesterday...a new, new record.
At this rate, the 10m first jabs by mid-April should easily be possible. After that it' s tougher...target is 20m by mid May.
Useful update here. there were 330,000 jabs given yesterday...a new, new record.
At this rate, the 10m first jabs by mid-April should easily be possible. After that it' s tougher...target is 20m by mid May.
https://twitter.com/Seggitorial/status/1370697229929943042
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