Vaccination once morest covid resumes today in the country. A new reminder campaign, with adapted serums, which is aimed primarily at people who are more vulnerable, immunocompromised or aged 65 and over. This also concerns health professionals and 50-64 year olds.
The injection is back: the new vaccination campaign once morest Covid-19, using suitable serums, begins this Monday in Wallonia, Flanders and Brussels.
This new (re)vaccination campaign is aimed primarily at people who are more likely to develop a severe form of Covid-19, i.e. those who are immunocompromised, aged 65 and over, healthcare professionals health and 50-64 year olds. “Special attention is also given to pregnant women”specifies the office of the Walloon Minister of Health, Christie Morreale.
For this fall campaign, new vaccines, adapted to the Omicron variant, will be injected. Available from Monday in vaccination centers, they will be delivered during the week to partner pharmacies and available to general practitioners, reports the Walloon minister.
In Wallonia, just over 111,000 appointments were made for an injection, according to Ms. Morreale’s office. 22 vaccination centers reopen their doors on Monday in Wallonia and around 80 in the north of the country. In Brussels, mobile teams are also deployed, alongside four vaccination centres. From September 19, nearly 200 participating pharmacies in Wallonia will be added to the offer.
More than 700,000 invitations were sent to all Walloons over 65 fulfilling the conditions for revaccination. Nursing staff will be taken care of by hospitals, while rest homes, residential mental health structures and for people with disabilities will directly vaccinate their residents.
In a second step, people aged 50 to 64 will also be invited to get vaccinated. For people who have not received an invitation to be stung as well as those who want a new injection without being part of the priority public, i.e. roughly 18-49 year olds, the possibility is offered in Wallonia via the Qvax platform. . In the event of available slots, registered persons may be called.
The Walloon system should make it possible to vaccinate around 184,000 people per week.
