PCR test in a Nice pharmacy. /
It reimposes the mask as mandatory in all closed public places, regardless of whether a health passport is required to access them
The French Government will open from this Saturday the campaign to reinforce the vaccine against covid-19 to all those over 18 years of age, announced the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran. Adults who already have the full regimen will be able to take the extra dose five months after the last injection. Until now, only those over 65 could do it.
As of January 15, the validity of the covid certificate will expire seven months after the last injection in case of not receiving the booster dose. This document, on paper or in digital form with a QR code, is required since this summer in France to go to the cinema, a museum, a restaurant or on long-distance trains. And from now on, controls will be further strengthened.
Following government announcements, Doctolib, a website for medical appointments, was collapsed by the large number of French people looking for an appointment to get vaccinated. Unlike other countries such as Austria, which have been forced to lock up their populations in the face of the rebound in the pandemic, in France there will be “neither confinement, no curfew, no early closure of shops, or limitation of travel,” Veran reassured. to those who feared that the virus will spoil them this Christmas.
Paris is committed to mass vaccination and a stricter application of barrier gestures to break the chains of transmission. In a country where 76.8% have received at least one dose of the antiviral, the use of the mask will be mandatory inside all places that receive public, even in those where the COVID certificate is required to enter. Abroad, the prefects may impose its use if they see it necessary.
Véran urged the French who have not yet been vaccinated to do so because “the virus kills.” To incite the most reluctant, the Government announced that the validity of PCR and antigen tests will be reduced to 24 hours (compared to 72 hours today) to have the COVID certificate. Said tests will continue to be paid.
There will also be changes in French schools. An elementary class will no longer be closed for a single case of covid, but all students will have to take the test and only those who test positive will have to isolate themselves.
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