RTL today – Big delivery: Luxembourg should receive 100,000 doses on Wednesday
Good news for those who are waiting for their 3rd dose. Uncertain so far, a large vaccine delivery announced on Wednesday, assures Luc Feller. Suddenly, the Findel center will open on Friday.
The “Immunization week” (Impfwoch) which started on Monday and will last until Sunday inclusive is well launched in Luxembourg. It allows you to be vaccinated in various public places free of charge and without an appointment. The offer is mainly aimed at people who want to be vaccinated for the first time, but as RTL noted this Tuesday, in the waiting files patient number of candidates who would like the dose “booster”.
The Minister of Health has reminded him on several occasions: no need to hurry, everyone will receive an invitation and have their booster vaccine after making an appointment in one of the three vaccination centers.
Even if Paulette Lenert had assured Saturday at the microphone of RTL that “there are still enough vaccines left, at least for the first few weeks“, the question of the arrival of a major delivery remains unresolved.
“We are very confident that tomorrow morning we will receive a delivery of 100,000 doses vaccine Modern“, Confided this Tuesday the High commissioner for national protection, Luc Feller, to RTL.
THE CENTER IN FINDEL WILL OPEN FRIDAY
“As soon as the delivery is validated in Luxembourg, appointments will be open during the day, to give people the opportunity to receive their booster dose by appointment, from Friday at the Air Rescue vaccination center“. Fourth vaccination center, the opening of which will be Findel was announced last weekend.
100,000 doses of Moderna vaccines which will form a secure “mattress” to boost vaccination since by removing the AstraZenecca vaccine “40,000 additional people will join the circuit “, slips Luc Feller.
From this Wednesday 57,000 invitations will be submitted to potential candidates for the booster dose. Including all those who have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca and for whom the withdrawal period between the 2nd and 3rd dose is at least four months.
For two-dose vaccines (Moderna and BioNTech / Pfizer), the 3rd dose is recommended six months after a full vaccination schedule. And it is possible one month after a single dose vaccination of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.