A bill aimed at transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass will be presented to the French Parliament in early January to further strengthen the incentive for vaccination against COVID-19, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Friday, December 17.
” From now on, only the vaccination will be valid in the past “, Insisted the head of the French government Jean Castex at the end of a health defense council. ” A bill will be submitted to Parliament at the beginning of January, in particular to transform the health pass into a vaccination pass, and tighten the conditions of control and sanctions against false passes. », He continued.
A bill will be presented to the Council of Ministers on January 5 to transform the health pass into a vaccination pass.
We assume to put the constraint on the unvaccinated: they are largely in the majority in our critical care services. pic.twitter.com/eU7GK6Lb1H– Jean Castex (@JeanCASTEX) December 17, 2021
” It is not admissible that the refusal of a few million French people to be vaccinated puts the life of an entire country at risk and undermines the daily life of a vast majority of French people who have played along since the start of this crisis. », Hammered the head of government.
A consultation at the start of the year
” I will proceed at the beginning of next week to a prior consultation on this project, as well as on any other useful provision to extend vaccination as much as possible. We assume that we put stress on the unvaccinated, because the critical care and resuscitation services in our hospitals are mostly filled with unvaccinated people. », Explained Jean Castex.
In parallel ” the so-called “going towards” procedures will be amplified in the direction of populations who may have missed out on vaccination due to ignorance or because they are traditionally the furthest removed from the healthcare system », He continued. The deadline for accessing the vaccine booster will be reduced to four months instead of five.
The pressure is on
The Omicron variant, whose propagation speed is ” dazzling around us in Europe “,” will spread very quickly to the point of becoming dominant from the beginning of the year 2022 In France, also estimated the head of the French government.
Hospitals continue to fill up: more than 15,400 Covid patients are cared for, including nearly 3,000 people in critical care and in the past 24 hours, and 163 people have died from Covid in hospital, according to data published this Friday by Public Health France. The government fears a saturation of hospitals with the approach of the end of year holidays, in particular because of staff on leave during this period.
With AFP
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