VACCINE PASS. The end date of the health system is approaching, and the lifting of the wearing of the mask too, with the exception of transport and hospitals (where the health pass will remain in force). Here are the new rules.
[Mis à jour le 10 mars 2022 à 13h00] Prime Minister Jean Castex, guest of the 1 p.m. television news on TF1 yesterday, announced that “from Monday March 14”, the application of the vaccine pass will be suspended “wherever it applies” in France, and this reduction concerns both the public of the places where it was applied and the employees who work in these places or events. On this same date, wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory indoors. But it will not disappear completely: the mask “will remain compulsory in public passenger transport given the promiscuity” had specified the Prime Minister, which concerns all buses, trains, planes, boats on French territory. The Ministry of Health also clarified, following Jean Castex’s announcements, that wearing a mask would also remain the rule in all medico-social establishments, namely hospitals, medico-social establishments, retirement homes, nursing homes. Ehpad and autonomy residences.
Finally, if the vaccination pass lives its last days, the health pass will continue to exist in certain places beyond March 14. “The health pass will remain the rule in health establishments” after March 14, as will the vaccination obligation for caregivers, announced Jean Castex. Minors aged 12 to 15 will no longer need to have a health pass in places where the vaccination pass applies from March 14.
What is the end date of the vaccination pass?
On March 14, 2022, the vaccination pass is suspended “in all places where it was required (leisure and cultural places, commercial catering activities, fairs and trade shows)” announces a communicated of the government published on March 3 following the intervention of Prime Minister Jean Castex on the JT of 1 p.m. The vaccine pass will have finally lasted less than two months, since it came into force on January 24, 2022.
Originally, the executive was only in favor of lifting the vaccine pass if the “threshold of 1,500 patients in intensive care” was not exceeded and the incidence rate was “located between 300/500 case at the strongest” for 100,000 inhabitants… If the executive will not reconsider its decision to abolish the vaccine pass on March 14, any strong epidemic rebound could lead to a return of the device, because it must not be forgotten that the term employed by Prime Minister Jean Castex on the TF1 newscast is a “suspension” and not an “end”. As a reminder, the health system is governed by a law which officially ends it on July 31, 2022. Until this date, it can be suspended or reactivated.
Where will the vaccination pass be lifted on March 14, 2022?
From Monday March 14, 2022, the vaccination pass will no longer be compulsory “wherever it applies” on French territory, announced Prime Minister Jean Castex during his intervention on the 1 p.m. news on TF1 on March 3. . It will therefore no longer be required to present the QR-Code of your vaccination pass at the entrance to these establishments open to the public, just as it is no longer required to wear a mask in these places:
- Restaurants, bars and cafes
- Transport long distance (TGV, Intercités, night trains, domestic flights and inter-regional coaches)
- Campsites, hotels and holiday centers
- Sports establishments (gym, swimming pool, gymnasium, ice rink, horse riding facilities etc)
- Lifts
- Museums and monuments
- Amusement parks
- Concerts and festivals
- Movie theater
- Theaters and other performance halls
- Trade shows, fairs and seminars
- Casinos and other gaming halls
- boat cruises
- discos
- Shopping centers and department stores
What is the end date for wearing the mask indoors?
The end of wearing a mask was announced for Monday March 14, 2022 by Prime Minister Jean Castex on the 1 p.m. newscast on TF1, on the same date as the end of the vaccination pass. It will therefore no longer be necessary to wear a mask in companies, in stores, schools, colleges, high schools, universities, nightclubs or in public administrations. But beware, wearing a mask will remain compulsory, on March 14, in all public transport “given the crowding” as well as in all medico-social establishments (hospitals, EHPAD, autonomous residences and retirement homes) . In a press release, the government also recommends wearing a mask “for positive people and contact cases at risk, symptomatic people and health professionals”.
Where will the health pass be compulsory?
Prime Minister Jean Castex announced that the health pass remains compulsory, as of Monday March 14, only in all “health establishments, retirement homes, establishments welcoming people with disabilities who are particularly fragile” . This means that you will always need to have a complete vaccination schedule, a Covid-19 recovery certificate, or have carried out a PCR, antigen or self-test under the supervision of a health professional within 24 hours, to access hospitals, retirement homes and medico-social establishments.
From what age is the health pass compulsory for minors?
The health pass applies to minors aged 12 to 17 as well as adults, to go only to health establishments, establishments welcoming people with disabilities or the elderly or medico-social establishments.
Minors aged 12 to 15 will now be exempt from the health pass in all other places where it applies, as adults will be from the vaccination pass, from March 14, 2022.
What tests to obtain a valid health pass?
PCR, antigen or self-tests under the supervision of a health professional for 24 hours from the date of collection, it is possible to obtain a health pass.