Mass vaccination center in France forced to close after just 58 people turn up
From CNN’s Saskya Vandoorne in Paris
A closed vaccination center is pictured in Nice, France, on April 18. That facility closed on April 17, due to a lack of vaccine candidates. Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images
A mass vaccination center in the southern French city of Nice was forced to close early over the weekend after
58 people turned up for
4,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, a spokesman for the Alpes-Maritimes regional police told CNN.
Doses of the vaccine were offered to people aged over 55 who have jobs with a high Covid-19 risk such as teachers, police, prison guards, but the center was forced to close Saturday only hours after it opened.
Updated: Apr 19 2021, 9:08 ET
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A mass vaccination centre at the Palais des Expositions in Nice was forced to close yesterday after just 58 people turned up for 4,000 available jabs
French teachers in the city of Nice have overwhelmingly rejected AstraZeneca s Covid jab after just 58 out of a possible 3,000 signed up to be vaccinated.
The jabs were being offered at a mass vaccination centre in Nice s Palais des Expositions this weekend, with 4,000 available to those aged over 55 in high-risk occupations, meaning 3,000 teachers eligible to take part.
But the centre was forced to close after just four hours on Saturday due to lack of demand with just 58 appointments registered, and did not reopen today despite being scheduled to do so.
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98% of French teachers say non to AstraZeneca: Mass vaccination centre offering jab to over-55s is forced to close after just 58 people out of 3,000 signed up
Mass vaccination centre in Nice opened at 9am Saturday offering 4,000 AstraZeneca jabs to teachers, policemen and other at-risk staff aged over 55
But it was forced to close by 1pm after just 58 people signed up for the jabs
It is thought 3,000 teachers were eligible for the jabs but did not want to take it
Local official said people turned around after learning jab was AstraZeneca