ReportageThe device installed in the enclosure of Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) should make it possible to treat 10,000 people per week. The first vaccinated, Tuesday April 6, all tell of the same relief.
They had never imagined one day queuing here for anything other than to cheer on the stars of the Blues Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann. “Tell them to come and see us get vaccinated!” “, launch Majed and Ilyes, 22 and 20 years old, two friends who are medical students at the University of Paris-13-Bobigny, who came to “Set an example for nursing staff, because the virus circulates a lot in hospitals”. Since Tuesday, April 6, the Stade de France has turned into a gigantic vaccination center against Covid-19. Far from the lawn, in a large covered room of 2000 m2 usually reserved for receptions, twenty lines have been opened.
This XXL device is part of the government’s new vaccination acceleration strategy. Open six days a week, from 9 am to 8 pm, the enclosure located in Saint-Denis intends to welcome and vaccinate 10,000 people per week, with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Firstly. “Ultimately, we hope to double or even triple the number of vaccinations, even if it means opening seven days a week if necessary, and for as long as necessary”, specifies Stéphane Troussel, the socialist president of the departmental council of Seine-Saint-Denis. Twenty additional “boxes” have already been installed, in anticipation of an increase in capacity.
Hélène, 67, and her daughter Agathe, 32, did not hesitate for a second. As soon as they learned that the Stade de France was opening its doors for a large-scale vaccination operation, they rushed to the Doctolib digital platform to reserve a niche. They got it in minutes. The mother, who lives on the 20e arrondissement of the capital, has been living in a cloister for a year, “Completely paranoid”, she says. Victim of a pulmonary embolism and cured of cancer, she no longer dared to see anyone, ” afraid of everything “. “For me, this vaccination is a liberation, psychologically, I was reaching the end. ” For her daughter, seven months pregnant, who holds under her arm the photocopy of the decree authorizing her to be vaccinated, it is also a deliverance. Surrounded by “Younger people who pay less attention”, this resident of Noisy-le-Grand (Seine-Saint-Denis) was forced to keep her friends at a distance.
A more appropriate local strategy
At the Stade de France, it is the Red Cross – mandated by the Regional Health Agency (ARS) – which coordinates operations, while the city of Saint-Denis has recruited around sixty students on a four-month fixed-term contract. renewable in order to manage the administrative aspect of the organization and the flow of patient arrivals. For its part, the department has hired more than 50 students on fixed-term contracts responsible in particular for running the new call platform dedicated only to residents of 93, installed in a room on the first floor of the stadium.
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