(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) New French Epidemic Prevention Measures Take Effect to Expand the Use of Health Passes
China News Agency, Paris, August 9th (Reporter Li Yang) The new French epidemic prevention measures formally came into effect on the 9th local time, aiming to respond to the fourth wave of the new crown epidemic.
The important content of the relevant new measures is to expand the scope of use of health passes.
The French Constitutional Council approved the expansion of the use of health passes last week, paving the way for the official entry into force of new anti-epidemic measures.
Starting from the 9th, entering restaurants, cafes and other dining establishments in France must show a health pass. Customers who fail to show a health pass should be denied entry.
You should also show your health pass when taking trains, airplanes and other means of transportation.
The health pass promoted by the French government contains information such as whether the holder has completed the new crown vaccination or the virus test result is negative. The relevant information can also be stored in the official epidemic prevention mobile phone software.
The French Ministry of Health has slightly revised the relevant regulations on the eve of the new epidemic prevention measures. The negative virus test certificate is valid within 72 hours instead of valid within 48 hours. At the same time, self-testing is allowed under the conditions of corresponding supervision.
France has seen protests against expanding the use of health passes for 4 consecutive weekends. The most recent event was on the 7th. There were 237,000 people in France, including 17,000 in Paris.
However, the official continued to promote the implementation of relevant measures as planned.
The official also revealed that the new measures that took effect on the 9th will be implemented at least until November.
French President Macron hopes to speed up the new crown vaccination process by adopting measures such as expanding the use of health passes.
He has posted self-portraits on social media several times in recent days, urging people to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
The number of inpatients and critically ill patients with the new crown in France is still rising. The current number of hospitalized patients has risen to 9,022, which is the first time since the end of June to exceed the 9,000 threshold; the number of critically ill patients is now 1,667.
Official French data show that 44.98 million people in France have received at least one dose of the vaccine, accounting for 66.7% of the French population; 37.51 million people have been fully vaccinated, accounting for 55.6% of the French population.
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