30% of pharmacies have run out of stock of flu vaccines

This is the other big topic that worries the French authorities in terms of health: the seasonal flu epidemic is coming, and will increase the pressure currently experienced by the hospitals, the Covid-19 pandemic requires. Especially since France seems poorly prepared: according to what Gilles Bonnefond, president of the syndical union des pharmaciens de dispensary (USPO) told France Bleu France Bleu, “30% of pharmacists no longer have a vaccine. currently “.

On 13 October, the government launched the seasonal flu prevention campaign. 13 million people are to be vaccinated this year, when only 11 million were vaccinated in 2019. However, “currently 2 million doses are missing, which explains this shortage”, adds Gilles Bonnefond, stating that “the laboratories have chosen to stagger their deliveries rather than doing them all at once ”.

Two million doses will not be dispensed

The pharmacist also explains that “the government had planned to have 20% more vaccines this year due to the coronavirus epidemic and was counting on 15 million doses”. But the problem, continues Gilles Bonnefond, is “in three weeks, 9.5 million vaccines have already been delivered, mainly for the target people, those who have received vaccination coupons. We therefore found ourselves short of stocks as the laboratories decided to restart their deliveries until the beginning of December ”. The head of the USPO points […] Read more