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Opponents of the health certificate in France and the set of measures adopted by the French Executive to contain the new wave of the pandemic took to the streets of the country for the fourth consecutive Saturday with

the most numerous demonstrations to date.

The Interior Ministry's count released by the press specified that there were

237,000 protesters throughout France and 17,000 in Paris alone.

Some 204,000 people had protested last Saturday, July 31, compared to 161,000 the previous week or 110,000 on the 17th.

Law enforcement

officers

made

35 arrests and seven officers were injured,

although the day generally proceeded without notable incidents.

This last protest came preceded by the endorsement that the Constitutional Council, the body that ensures that the legislation is in accordance with the Magna Carta, gave on Thursday the extension of the health certificate to

enter bars, restaurants or hospitals, or for

internal

trips

long distance.

Since July 21, that document that certifies having the complete vaccination schedule or not being infected was already mandatory to access cultural centers, but from this Monday, August 9, its requirement will mark day-to-day life in a much broader way. of the population.

"Although I will have no other choice,

I am going to boycott all the businesses that ask for it.

I am a creator, I go to fairs and markets and there will be certain activities that I will not be able to do. It will be complicated on a financial level, but I agree to assume that risk ", explains Marie, participant in a Parisian protest.

The validated bill also

requires health personnel to be fully vaccinated by October 15 at the latest,

a confluence of requirements that for a month has channeled its detractors into a wave of protests.

A protester in Paris dressed as Jesus Christ with a cross with the message 'The vaccine kills your immune system.' IAN LANGSDONEFE

MULTIPLE MASS PROTESTS

Across France,

150 cities hosted demonstrations.

In Paris there were four, reflecting the heterogeneity of a movement that brings together anti-vaccines, opponents of the requirement of the health pass or mandatory vaccination and opponents in general of the management of the health crisis.

"We are responsible citizens, absolutely committed to the defense of our fundamental rights and our freedoms.

We are irreproachable

, we are united and without political labels," said the coordinator of one of the Parisian processions, Sophie Tissier, of the Paris pour la Liberté collective. .

Another of the mobilizations in the capital was again led by the far-right

Florian Philippot,

Marine Le Pen's

former right-hand man

,

excluded from his party, the National Grouping, and who criticized on Twitter that the president, Emmanuel Macron, exerts only "a through fear and lies ".

"The government says one thing and the opposite from the beginning. There is no basis or any logic," criticizes Marie, for whom

the mandatory nature of the mask abroad was "the beginning of the end."

The far right Florian Philippot leading one of the demonstrations in Paris STEPHANE DE SAKUTINAFP

MACRON REMAINS FIRM

Macron is on vacation at the official summer residence of Brégançon, in the south of the country, but this week he has been omnipresent on the networks and in the media with daily videos where he

answered the doubts of the reticent

or an interview in

Paris Match

where made it clear that he will not back down.

"All restrictive measures have been voted by law. We are the only country that has had so many parliamentary scrutiny during the crisis.

And talk about dictatorship? Let 's

be serious!",

He said in the weekly magazine

.

The movement currently has four consecutive Saturdays, but it does not have an expiration date.

"This fight will continue. I am confident that in September, when everyone is back from vacation, there will be more people," said Franck, a 51-year-old engineer who, like many participants, is not vaccinated.

The health certificate, in his opinion, "is

liberticidal and erodes the equality pact.

They are measures totally disproportionate to the situation. The Government should promote vaccination, but not make it mandatory."

The latest figures indicate that since the start of the vaccination campaign in December, 44.6 million citizens

have received at least one dose, 66.2% of the total population,

and 37.1 million have the full schedule, 55 ,1%.

On average, according to the Vaccin Tracker website, 323,416 people are inoculated for the first time per day.

France registers 32 deaths and 25,755 infections in one day

France today registered 32 deaths in hospitals from coronavirus and 25,755 infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 112,222 and the number of cases to 6.28 million.

The French health authorities indicated that in the last seven days there have been 4,574 new hospitalizations and 1,037 admissions to intensive care units.

According to the Covid Tracker website, an average of 146 ICU admissions are being recorded each day, an increase of 56% compared to the previous week, as well as 46 daily deaths, which in turn also represents an increase of 41%.

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