Access to the health pass for French expatriates vaccinated abroad will be simplified

The return to national soil of French expatriates, vaccinated abroad and therefore deprived of a health pass, will be simplified. They will be able to deposit “From this week” their request to obtain a QR code, explains the Secretary of State in charge of tourism, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, in an interview with Sunday newspaper from 1er August. Good news for expatriates who regretted being left behind when the precious sesame will become mandatory, at the beginning of August, to enter cafes, restaurants or shopping centers (non-exhaustive list).

“With Jean-Yves Le Drian, we are setting up a specific mechanism to provide them with a solution. ” In practice, it will suffice to send proof of vaccination (for vaccines approved by the European Union (EU) or their equivalents), with an identity document and proof of residence abroad to receive a QR code. . “Dedicated email addresses will be set up depending on the country of residence. It will be very simple ”, he promises.

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Regarding French people vaccinated abroad with a vaccine not approved by the EU, he adds that “The health pass [a été élargi] to all vaccines assimilated to those recognized by the European Medicines Agency ”. For unauthorized vaccines, he asked scientific experts to assess under what conditions they could be supplemented by vaccination with messenger RNA in France.

“The President of the Republic also wanted a vaccination campaign to be deployed for our compatriots established in countries where access to the vaccine is still complicated”, specifies Mr. Lemoyne. “We have already delivered and administered the vaccine to tens of thousands of people in 57 countries, under the control of our embassies and consulates. “

The Secretary of State took the opportunity to remind pharmacists that French people living outside France have “Free access to tests on our territory”.

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“Hopes” for summer tourism

During his interview at JDD, the Secretary of State also gave an update on summer tourism. “France hopes to receive 50 million foreign visitors this summer, against 35 million last year, and 90 million in 2019. The summer is therefore a bearer of hope”, underlines Mr. Lemoyne.

“A local European clientele is there: Germans, Dutch, Belgians … On the other hand, the British, like last summer, come less, because their government has set up a strict fortnight on their return”, he explains.

International customers “Distant”, crucial in particular for Paris, is also likely to be still largely lacking: “A few Americans have been coming back since June, but we will not see Asian tourists again before 2022. And Paris still suffers from the lack of business tourism”, adds the Secretary of State.

Good news however, “As many business events are planned for September-December 2021 as in 2019. With a downside, because event professionals are forecasting a 50% drop in rented stand areas. “

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The World with AFP