This measure is contained in the preliminary draft law which will be presented on December 27 in the Council of Ministers. Some of our European neighbors already impose this rule to access places such as nightclubs or bars.
Will the vaccination pass be conditional on the presence of a negative test? In any case, this is what the government provides in the draft law transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass, which should be adopted by the end of January. It is in particular written, in article 1, that a decree will fix the cases “in which the interests of public health and the state of the health situation (…) require the accumulation of supporting documents“.
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In other words, this means that the vaccination pass could be accompanied by a negative test, depending on the situation. Contacted by our colleagues from Parisian , the Ministry of Health confirms “provide»This measure, without further details. The notions of “public health” and “state of health“Still unclear, this double obligation, which is inspired by what is done among our neighbors, could be in force in places with high potential for contamination, such as restaurants or bars.
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A measure inspired by our neighbors
The vaccination pass is already in force in other European countries. Named 2G in Germany, the rule only allows the vaccinated (“geimpfte“) And healed them (“genesene») To access public places such as restaurants or concert halls. In some localities, including German regions, 2G + is in force: it imposes a negative test when it is not possible to wear the mask or to consume sitting down as in nightclubs, bars and other leisure activities. Switzerland was considering in mid-December the use of these additional restrictions, and Luxembourg will apply them from Saturday for people who have not yet received their booster dose, according to the daily “Luxemburger Wort“.
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This “2G +»Possible in France is in any case motivated by the strong circulation of the virus – even in vaccinated people – and the Omicron variant, which could infect a few hundred thousand people a day by January, according to the scientific Council.
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