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The Government announced that it will implement the booster inoculation as a condition to renew the Covid-19 pass in adults. It is a provision that covers 19 million citizens. In addition, there will be more rigidity for access to sites for the unvaccinated and changes in the protocol for schoolchildren. “The impact on hospitals is real but clearly lower,” said Health Minister Oliver Verán.
With the advance of a resurgence of the coronavirus in Europe, countries are reconfiguring their preventive measures, some with more drastic decisions forced by urgency. The case of France is different.
With one of the highest vaccination rates in the continent and, logically, suffering from the new wave, it is time to implement provisions that prevent the seriousness of a situation from deepening that already shows averages of 20 thousand cases a day and on Tuesday had a peak. 30 thousand.
This Thursday, at a press conference, Olivier Véran – Minister of Health – announced the Government’s decision to extend the use of the third dose against the coronavirus to all those over 18 years of age who have passed five months since the last injection. This will be a necessary condition to renew the Covid-19 passport. Present with him were Jean-Michel Blanquer –Minister of Education- and Jérome Salomon –Director General of Health-.
“This concerns 25 million French people, of which there are already six million who have already received it. There are 19 million left that we urge to be vaccinated in the next two months, ”said Véran.
Dès ce samedi, nous ouvrons the vaccination of rappel à toutes les personnes âgées de 18 ans et plus.
👉 5 mois après votre dernière injection (or infection) you will be eligible au rappel pour maintenir durament votre protection. pic.twitter.com/zFMOVsezyT– Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) November 25, 2021
This reminder inoculation, which will begin next Saturday, will have a margin of two months, the date on which the health passport expires and is required to enter the vast majority of public places. Expires on December 15 for over 65s and January 15 for all other adults.
“The vaccinated enter ten times less in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) than the unvaccinated. In places where vaccination is weaker, we register a much higher incidence rate and serious cases, ”explained the Minister of Health.
Meanwhile, the government, which was infected by Prime Minister Jean Castex, will introduce more severe restrictions for unvaccinated citizens. Until now, they could enter socially crowded places (restaurants, gyms, theaters, cinemas) showing a negative test of the last 72 hours. Now, the proof should be within the recent 24 hours.
On the other hand, the use of masks in closed and crowded outdoor places is once again mandatory, according to the prefectural team.
The health pass is also an effective weapon against the spread of viruses.
👉 On the 15th of January, the rappel dose will be integrated into the sanitary pass for toutes les personnes de 18 ans et plus.
👉 The duration of validity of the tests on the health pass is available at 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/lMaLZBpZpq– Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) November 25, 2021
Véran justified these provisions by claiming that they will make it possible to avoid strict confinement, curfews or close businesses as they have had to do in other nations in the region. He also attributed this room for maneuver to the high vaccination rate in the population. “The impact on hospitals is real, but clearly lower,” he explained.
In addition, the measures will be readapted in schools, after this Wednesday 8,500 classes were closed throughout the country. The new protocol indicates that, when there is a positive case in the classroom, parents must take a test and students who test negative can continue to attend classes.
The Government of Emmanuel Macron analyzes that from 2022 children between five and eleven years old are also inoculated to stop the circulation of the virus.
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