Weekly French vaccination thread.
Your booster dose of good news…or reasonably good news, with some annoying worries and problems.
The French vaccine roll-out has accelerated again. Almost 2.5m 1st and 2nd doses were given in 7 days, compared to just under 2m last week. 1/ 12
Your booster dose of good news…or reasonably good news, with some annoying worries and problems.
The French vaccine roll-out has accelerated again. Almost 2.5m 1st and 2nd doses were given in 7 days, compared to just under 2m last week. 1/ 12
On Thursday night France exceeded its 10m first doses target for 15 April by almost 2m.
A comparison with the UK is interesting.
Current 7 day averages of 1st and 2nd jabs given in 24 hours:
UK: 437,317.
France: 357,120.
2/12
A comparison with the UK is interesting.
Current 7 day averages of 1st and 2nd jabs given in 24 hours:
UK: 437,317.
France: 357,120.
2/12
It’s not a contest but it was made so by much of the UK media
Mail/Express etc please note France/EU are now vaxxing at a high rate. Why? Initial problems have been resolved/Pfizer doses are plentiful
Why is UK slower than it was? AZ is failing UK just as it failed the EU. 3/12
Mail/Express etc please note France/EU are now vaxxing at a high rate. Why? Initial problems have been resolved/Pfizer doses are plentiful
Why is UK slower than it was? AZ is failing UK just as it failed the EU. 3/12
Latest French stats.
As of last night (using the stats over 24 hrs up to 5pm each day provided by the health ministry) France had given 16,698,414 jabs since 27 Dec. Of these 12,287,795 were first doses and 4,410, 619 were 2nd doses. 4/12
As of last night (using the stats over 24 hrs up to 5pm each day provided by the health ministry) France had given 16,698,414 jabs since 27 Dec. Of these 12,287,795 were first doses and 4,410, 619 were 2nd doses. 4/12
There was push-back last week when I spoke of French resistance to the AZ vaccine. Much anecdotal/ official comment suggests there IS a chunk of the population which refuses AZ
DK is abandoning use of AZ
The EU will almost certainly NOT place a new AZ order for next year. 5/12
DK is abandoning use of AZ
The EU will almost certainly NOT place a new AZ order for next year. 5/12
But French figures for use of doses suggest there is NO huge AZ problem here. Overall (by my calculations, which I admit are broad-brush ) France has now used 81% of doses received.
Pfizer: 88.2%. AZ: 70.5%. Moderna: 64%.
Why the problem with Moderna? No idea. 6/12
Pfizer: 88.2%. AZ: 70.5%. Moderna: 64%.
Why the problem with Moderna? No idea. 6/12
For age-groups covered by the Fr. rollout, look at this excellent graphic by @Nicolasberrod of Le Parisien. (For truly detailed vax coverage follow Nicolas.)
More than two thirds of the French pop. over 75 and 22.7% of adults have now had a first jab 7/12
More than two thirds of the French pop. over 75 and 22.7% of adults have now had a first jab 7/12
https://twitter.com/nicolasberrod/status/1383128763421048833
The govt said this week that 100% of care home residents had been first vaxxed. Covid deaths in care homes have fallen spectacularly - from 1,300 a week in Nov. to 50 a week now. Who says vaccines are useless? The same effect, I hope, will soon be felt in France as a whole 8/12
France’s next target is 20m first jabs – 40% of the adult population - by 15 May. To hit that target, 265, 938 shots a day will be needed. The current 1st dose average is 233, 688. It’s reachable – especially if the gradual improvement in the weekend vax rollout continues. 9/12
Now the worries
Rollout of the J&J “1 dose” vaccine is still suspended in US and EU because of blood clot issues. France may soon allow J&J for the over 55’s only – like AZ. Pfizer-BioNtech are producing 50m extra doses for EU this quarter so there should be no big problem 10/12
Rollout of the J&J “1 dose” vaccine is still suspended in US and EU because of blood clot issues. France may soon allow J&J for the over 55’s only – like AZ. Pfizer-BioNtech are producing 50m extra doses for EU this quarter so there should be no big problem 10/12
The third wave of the pandemic in France – 82% UK variant – is still at a high level with over 30,000 cases and 300 deaths a day. The grim frontier of 100,000 Covid deaths in France was passed during the week.
11/12
11/12
However, there are signs a plateau has been reached. Numbers in acute care have been stable at circa 5,900 for 5 days
The govt has started planning for a gradual easing of restrictions – including opening restaurant terraces and some museums – from mid-May.
Fingers crossed
12/12
The govt has started planning for a gradual easing of restrictions – including opening restaurant terraces and some museums – from mid-May.
Fingers crossed
12/12
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