Vaccination in France: the government raises the tone against the Delta variant
Vaccine in a vaccination center in Nantes on June 3.
REUTERS - STEPHANE MAHE
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The Delta variant continues to grow in France.
It now represents 20% of new cases.
Concern at the top of the state where we look carefully at the vaccination figures.
The number of the first doses stagnated, raising fears of a fourth wave in the fall.
The government is raising its tone.
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A taboo is falling: forcing caregivers to be vaccinated.
Until now, the government hesitated to take the plunge, for fear of robbing the white coats.
Faced with the threat of the Delta variant, the option is now being seriously considered.
This could be done perhaps even before September, warns Gabriel Attal, the government spokesman in the newspaper
Les Echos
.
The executive is tempted, too, to break another taboo: to make vaccination compulsory to go to restaurants or museums.
Jean Castex will discuss it with the political parties in the coming days.
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Towards non-reimbursement of tests?
Foreigners will have to pay for their tests from July 7.
A first step before completely stopping reimbursement for tests at the start of the school year?
The government is considering it to encourage vaccine recalcitants to take the plunge.
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The question will arise
" after the summer, once again advance Gabriel Attal.
The confinement noose barely loosened, the government is preparing the French for a backlash if the epidemic resumed during the holidays.
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