It is now confirmed, the vaccination centers will have to move to Moderna. THE‘Agence Régionale de Santé Nouvelle Aquitaine took stock this Friday afternoon with the vaccination centers of the territory. For the past few days, certain centers, in particular on the Basque Coast, have had a some concern after an announcement in this direction made by the ministry at the beginning of the week. The centers explained fear having to explain to patients who had already made an appointment for a dose of Pfizer that they would finally have Moderna.
According to our information, the Regional Health Agency explains that by the end of this month 500,000 appointments had been made and that at present 300,000 doses of Pfizer were already ready for distribution, and that the last 200,000 were under negotiation. The Regional Health Agency explains in a press release that “to the extent possible and with stocks available, appointments already made with Pfizer vaccines may be honored“. What then partly reassure the vaccination centers mainly worried about their appointments already made.
“If all the scheduled Pfizer appointments are not assured, we will close” promises the center of Saint-Jean-de-Luz
On the other hand, if the doses were to finally not arrive in full, the problem would rest. In Anglet, if we impose a mix between the two vaccines for a time, we assure that this will not be possible because the center is too small to organize two different lines, one for Pfizer and another for Moderna. As for the very hypothesis of having to finally offer Moderna to patients who have made an appointment for Pfizer, in Saint-Jean-de-Luz it is still so strongly opposed, and if that happens, thehe center ensures that it will close.
After this month of transition, vaccination centers will only do Moderna, and will therefore only be aimed at people aged 30 and over. Indeed, the high health authority still advises against the injection of the Moderna vaccine to people aged 30 and under.. The youngest will therefore have to turn to the city medicine and pharmacy dispensaries to get a third dose of Pfizer.