Covid-19: where to get vaccinated in Toulouse after the closure of the vaccinodrome?
Where to get vaccinated in Toulouse and in the department after the closure of the vaccinodrome? Liberal medicine has taken over and six centers remain open, assures the departmental director of the Regional Health Agency (ARS). In Haute-Garonne, the incidence rate is currently 60.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
No more long queues in front of Hall 7 on the island of Grand Ramier where the Toulouse vaccinodrome, described as “the most important in Europe”, made the heyday of mass vaccination.
“We will not reopen the vaccinodrome, it is not on the agenda,” confirmed, Wednesday, November 10, the departmental director of the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Thierry Cardouat.
This, despite the third dose for the over 50s and 65s announced by Emmanuel Macron who heated up the appointment booking on Doctolib platforms, which recorded more than 100,000 reservations after the speech of the president of the republic, and Keldoc.
In Haute-Garonne, the people concerned book on Keldoc, which has recorded nearly double its appointments in one week (1,850 to 3,400). The closure of the vaccinodrome did not weaken the vaccination offer in the department, however.
Moreover, six vaccination centers remain open, in Labège, Lespinasse, Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Montastruc, Muret and Bagnères-de-Luchon, recall the ARS which controls a large device. It seems that liberal medicine – general practitioners, pharmacists, nurses – has taken over to inject the vaccine.
60% of injections among healthcare professionals
“Currently more than 60% of injections are carried out by liberal health professionals,” explains the departmental director. We also rely on multidisciplinary health centers, on the communities of health territories which bring together liberal partners around a project, it is a very effective system. We also have ongoing operations in rural areas where mobile teams travel. We are maintaining the vaccination program in Toulouse neighborhoods, priority areas and others. “
“Needs are changing very quickly”, concedes Thierry Cardouat, who nevertheless notes “an increasing viral circulation”.
“Currently in the department,” he adds, “the incidence rate is 60.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, with a positivity rate of 2.6%. However, this does not translate into a sharp increase in hospitalizations. Of course, you have to be very careful because there is always a lag between the incidence rate and the hospitalization rate. “
The ARS recalls that barrier gestures remain the best way to escape daily contamination. Wearing a mask is once again compulsory for the 122,000 pupils of Haute-Garonne schools, as of Monday, November 15.