The issuance of QR codes worth health pass following an antigen test was disrupted this Saturday, after a giant blackout on Friday afternoon, we learned from the Federation of Pharmaceutical Unions of France (FSPF).
“In a large majority of pharmacies, it seems to get stuck this morning, with comings and goings, it works, then it malfunctions again,” said Philippe Denry, vice-president of the FSPF. On the other hand, “PCR tests seem to be able to be entered at the laboratory level,” he said.
“Very significant flows” due to the holidays
A message confirms this on the SI-DEP portal on which pharmacists connect to enter the test results: “Attention: the Pro Santé Connect service allowing you to connect to SI-DEP (test entry portal) via CPS or e -CPS is currently experiencing an incident since 8:50 am today (Saturday August 14, 2021) ”.
The system broke down around 4 p.m. on Friday, the eve of the weekend of August 15. Undoubtedly in question, “the very important flows, in particular Friday afternoon because of the crossover of the departures on vacation for the people who have to take trains, planes or others, and because of the activities related to the weekend “, According to Philippe Denry. The FSPS requires that certificates issued by pharmacies, without QR codes, “are worth a health pass for a few days”.
A “crisis meeting” at the Ministry of Health
According to the president of the FSPF, Philippe Besset, a “crisis meeting” was organized this Saturday morning at the Ministry of Health, which could not be reached to comment on this information. “They have to go fast because people are quite pissed off at the counter. We need to have answers fairly quickly, ”said Philippe Besset.
According to Philippe Denry, around 300,000 daily tests are carried out by pharmacists “on busy days”. “Pharmacists have been under pressure for several months, this has become more pronounced with the health pass,” he said, while several pharmacies have been victims in recent weeks of the vindictiveness of opponents of the health pass.
A new day of demonstrations against the health pass is scheduled for this Saturday, with more than 200 parades and some 250,000 demonstrators expected.