(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The French Constitutional Committee approves the important content of the new anti-epidemic measures bill
China News Agency, Paris, August 5 (Reporter Li Yang) The French Constitutional Committee approved the important content of the new anti-epidemic measures bill on August 5 local time, paving the way for the official entry into force of relevant measures.
The French parliament formally passed a bill on new measures for epidemic prevention on July 26 in response to the current fourth wave of the new crown epidemic.
Important elements of the bill include: expanding the scope of health passes and requiring all health workers to be vaccinated against the new crown.
The French Constitutional Committee approved the expansion of the use of health passes on the 5th, pointing out that the relevant measures deal with the "balance between public health issues and personal freedom"; entering restaurants, cafes and other dining places must present a health pass, and those who fail to show a health pass Customers should be denied entry.
The Constitutional Council also stated that in some shopping malls and department stores, customers are required to present a health pass under certain circumstances. The specific regulations are determined by the local administrative authorities; patients seeking non-emergency medical care in hospitals must also present a health pass, but "there is no health The pass cannot be an obstacle for patients to receive treatment".
The Constitutional Committee also pointed out that health workers and other industry workers who are in contact with people who are susceptible to the new crown virus must be vaccinated against the new crown virus in accordance with the relevant requirements of the bill.
The Constitutional Committee did not approve the two clauses in the bill that day, namely that people infected with the new crown virus must be quarantined for 10 days and that employers are allowed to terminate the labor contracts of employees who fail to show their health passes in advance.
On the evening of the 5th, French Prime Minister Castel welcomed the Constitutional Committee’s approval of the important contents of the new anti-epidemic measures bill.
He said that expanding the use of health passes and requiring health workers to be vaccinated will enable the government to "comprehensively deploy strategies to control the epidemic."
Castel also pointed out that the official will try to remind all people infected with the new crown, including asymptomatic infections, to strictly abide by the official anti-epidemic recommendations in terms of isolation.
According to French official arrangements, the new epidemic prevention measures will take effect on August 9.
According to the latest epidemic data, France added 26,460 confirmed cases in a single day on the 5th, with a total of 6,233,876 confirmed cases.
The cumulative number of deaths in France is now 112,130, and there are 52 new deaths in hospitals; the number of inpatients with the new crown is now 8,210, and the number of severely ill patients is 1,420.
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