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France’s lower house on Sunday gave final approval to the government’s latest measures to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, including a vaccine pass that will exclude unvaccinated people from restaurants, sports arenas and other venues. FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of the details of the contested new measures.
The current health pass will become a “vaccine pass” for those over 16 years old and tough penalties for fake passes are some of the new measures approved by France’s National Assembly over the weekend.
The controversial new bill was voted 215 in favour to 58 against, paving the way for the law to take effect in the coming days.
Here are some of the main provisions of the bill aimed at “strengthening the tools for managing the health crisis”.
Proof of vaccination
Article 1 of the upcoming law requires proof of Covid-19 vaccination status for people aged 16 and over, instead of the current health pass, to access leisure activities, restaurants and pubs (except for collective catering), fairs, seminars and trade shows as well as long distance public transport (planes, trains, buses).
There is however an exception to the transport rule for people without a vaccine pass travelling for “compelling family or health reasons” – a dying relative, for example – provided that a negative test is presented, “except in the case of emergency”.
Employees in certain sectors will be required, under certain conditions, to have such a pass.
A simple health pass (a negative test, complete vaccination certificate or recovery certificate) will remain valid for people over 12 years old to access health establishments and medico-social services, except for emergencies, whether for patients or those accompanying them.
Minors between the ages of 12 and 15 will continue to be required to present the current health…
Source : france24
