How were these false passes spotted? “When we call the doctor, he confirms to us that he does not vaccinate, but we tell him that 10,000 people claim to have been vaccinated by him”, explains the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran. The authorities conclude that the doctor had his professional card stolen, which made it possible to manufacture the famous sesames.
Immediate deletion
About 300,000 people will thus have the unpleasant surprise of seeing their fake health pass deactivated in the coming days. They will be invalidated overnight. Health Insurance will proceed in waves, removing 30,000 false passes this week, then more in the following weeks. On the other hand, the people who benefited from these false passes should not be sanctioned. If they had “a bad approach at the start”, the Minister of Health believes that they are more considered as “victims”. Manufacturers risk very heavy penalties.