Vaccination pass: a seven-day tolerance granted to last-minute vaccinees

Céline Géraud, edited by Thibault Nadal 8:04 p.m., February 15, 2022, modified at 8:04 p.m., February 15, 2022

Nearly four million French people lost their vaccination pass on Tuesday.

This is the consequence of the application of the new vaccination rules: the maximum period for obtaining a booster dose has been reduced from seven to four months.

Concretely, if you have had your second injection before October 15 and you still have not done your booster, your vaccination pass is unofficially deactivated.

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But the ministry has just announced a tolerance period of seven days, ie until February 22 for latecomers.

For those who have had Covid-19 recently under the principle of one infection equals one injection, the deadline for taking the booster dose is reduced from six to four months after contamination.

Finally, fake pass holders are around 300,000.

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It's now or never for them to regularize their situation without risk of prosecution.

Repentants have 30 days to get vaccinated.

A vaccination pass which could be lifted at the end of March / beginning of April.

This afternoon, the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, remained cautious.

On the question of the vaccination pass, the government will lift the measures once the situation has relaxed sufficiently in the hospital.

In other words, when we have been able to reprogram all the operations and we no longer have to deprogram necessary operations.

In the meantime, from February 28, wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory in closed places where the pass is required.

And from tomorrow, it will again be authorized to consume standing up in bars and restaurants, to eat, drink on the train, at the cinema or in stadiums.

And it's also the reopening of nightclubs.