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 bill transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass, which was consulted Le Figaro and 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.
No test to go to the cafe
This double obligation, which is inspired by what is done with our neighbors, could be in force in places with high potential for contamination, such as discotheques. There is in any case for the moment no particular track concerning places possibly concerned, and in any case the government would not decide on its own, argues a ministerial source to AFP. “The intention is absolutely not to require a vaccination pass plus a test to go for a coffee.”, She also affirmed.
More than places, the device could be useful in certain situations. For example for people who do not have a complete vaccination schedule: they would be admitted to certain places by presenting a test in addition to their first dose certificate, explains the ministerial source, seeing “a lever to encourage vaccination“. Requesting proof of vaccination plus a test could be restricted to a specific period “during an epidemic peak», Specifies this source.
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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 the use of these additional restrictions in mid-December, 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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After its presentation in the Council of Ministers on Monday, the bill will be examined in committee from Wednesday, with hearing of the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, then from January 3 in the hemicycle at the National Assembly, and “probably the 5th and 6th in the Senate», Detailed the president LREM of the commission of Laws Yaël Braun-Pivet on Sud-Radio.
This “2G +“Possible in France is in any case motivated by the strong circulation of the virus – even among vaccinated people – and of the Omicron variant, which could infect a few hundred thousand people per day by January, according to the Scientific Council.
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