investigation of an unloved vaccine

If he embodied hope in March 2021, the AstraZeneca vaccine is no longer delivered in pharmacies or in health establishments. But where have the doses gone? Near Paris, a wholesaler distributes vaccines. AstraZeneca’s last deliveries go back to July. “76,000 doses were left to us afterwards. For these doses, these are expiration dates, so we had to destroy them like any medicine.“, reports a pharmacist. A total of 210,000 doses were lost.

Last winter, however, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health each received a dose of AstraZeneca. It took a suspension, after cases of trombosis, to bring down the image of the vaccine. In July, the ax falls: no more orders for the Swedish group. “It is reasonable that the rest of the vaccination should be done with the best vaccines, or in any case those which are the most effective, the RNA vaccines“, comments Professor Alain Fischer. Today, France no longer orders doses, but should receive another 9 million, already purchased. Of the 34 million doses of AstraZeneca received by France, 27 were directed to the Covax solidarity mechanism.