“Let us take care of each other”, urged the President of the Republic, thanking the personnel mobilized to protect us, and wishing “happy holidays to all”.
Maximum caution. A few hours before Christmas Eve, and while the fifth wave of Covid-19 has already been struck by the explosion of the Omicron variant on the territory, Emmanuel Macron spoke on Twitter this Thursday. “To those who will have the joy of being together with their family (…): barrier gestures, a preventive test to reassure“, Urged the President of the Republic, while laboratories and pharmacies were stormed this week by French people wishing to be tested.
“Even if you are vaccinated, test yourself, or go get tested, to make sure you are not a carrier of the virus before you meet your loved ones, especially when they are older.“, He then insisted, in a video filmed like” selfie “and published on his accounts Instagram and TikTok. “Whether it’s the first dose or the booster, it’s time to get vaccinated (…). (This is) the best way to protect yourself“, He added, while the health pass will soon be transformed into a vaccination pass.
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“In the event of a symptom, we isolate ourselves, we alert“, Also recalled the Head of State, aware that contamination records are currently being broken daily, almost everywhere in Europe and in the world, including in France. “Take care of each other“, Thus claimed the tenant of the Elysee, before addressing”a very special thought and message“For staff”mobilized to care for (and) protect us“. “Thank you for your commitmentHe told them.
Finally, still from the Winter Garden of the Élysée – where the tip of the gigantic Christmas tree, filmed on purpose, rubs shoulders with the sumptuous tricolor windows – Emmanuel Macron has “wished a Merry Christmas” and of “very Happy Holidays” the end of the year “to all“. Then to conclude with a wink and a smile, as a sign of levity before, perhaps, new restrictions to come. A Defense Council could take place in this direction in the course of next week, just after an extraordinary Council of Ministers.
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