The announcements of new measures put pressure on the unvaccinated but also on those who have not yet received a booster dose against Covid-19.
In France, the epidemic is on the rise. On average, nearly 53,000 cases are recorded daily and nearly 16,000 Covid patients are currently hospitalized. For the first time since May, there were more than 3,000 in critical care units on Monday. And the epidemic could go even higher because of the Omicron variant, very contagious and which is spreading in Europe. He pushed the Netherlands to decree new confinement from Sunday. Denmark has closed theaters, cinemas and concert halls.
No obligation foreseen for children
To avoid this last resort, the government is betting everything on vaccination. Announced several times in recent weeks, the vaccination of all children aged 5 to 11 whose parents so wish is imminent. The High Authority for Health (HAS) has, as expected, given the green light Monday, after the Ethics Committee (CCNE) Friday. However, the HAS does not wish to return it nor ” payable or compulsory “.
The vaccination pass, a form of assumed vaccination obligation
But beyond the children, she insists on ” the importance of encouraging vaccination »Unvaccinated adults. This is why the government wants to replace the health pass by a vaccination pass. He hopes to do so before the end of January, after passing a bill. A negative test will then no longer be sufficient to enter the places subject to this pass (restaurants, places of culture, leisure, etc.). “ We want vaccinated people to be able to live almost normally, this implies that unvaccinated people unfortunately live in near confinement. “, Summarized Sunday evening on the LCI channel the spokesman of the government, Gabriel Attal.
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” A form of vaccination obligation », Assumed the spokesperson of the government and the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, while the measure is contested by the opposition. At this stage, 51.5 million people in France are fully vaccinated, or 76% of the total population. Among those eligible until then, there are less than 6 million who have not had the vaccine.
Our journalist Victor Missistrano went to a vaccination center at Porte de Versailles in Paris.
I was a little reluctant.
More or less motivated Ile-de-France residents