The law on the health pass will come into force on August 9, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday.

The latter also indicated that a state of emergency was declared in Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélémy. 

The state of health emergency will be declared Wednesday at midnight in Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélémy, in order to "allow all the necessary measures to be taken to protect local hospitals which could quickly find themselves under high tension" , said the government spokesperson.

"In Guadeloupe, only 15% of the population is fully vaccinated", while in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, "the incidence rate reached 1,714 cases per 100,000 inhabitants", underlined Gabriel Attal at the end of the Council of Ministers.