The LR presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse demanded Thursday, December 23 that the Covid-19 screening tests be made free “until January 10“In order to allow”all those who are reluctant to the vaccine“To use them”for the parties“.
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In front of “an escalation of contamination“Linked to the Omicron variant,”I made a number of proposals (…) such as making the tests free until January 10 to allow all those who are reluctant to the vaccine can be tested for the holidays“, She said during a trip to the vaccination center of Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis). “You must not only be vaccinated but also get tested because the vaccine does not prevent the spread of the virus“, Underlined Valérie Pécresse, adding to favor this strategy combining at the same time”vaccines and tests“.
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The president of the Île-de-France region also spoke out against the introduction of the vaccine pass in public transport. “It would be extraordinarily difficult to set up“, She said about this”restriction of freedom», Recalling«the thousands of police“Mobilized and”the hundreds of meters of tail“Caused by”employer certificate“Set up for essential workers during the first confinement, in March 2020. She specified that she would approve the vaccination pass only”whether the deprivation of liberty was proportionate to the protection of health“And if this was reserved”at leisure places“Like cinemas or restaurants and not”to get to work“.
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For the first week of January, the candidate LR in the presidential election recalled her proposal to extend the school holidays by one week, while the end-of-year family reunions “are bound to spread the epidemic“. “I believe it is reasonable to consider teleworking to the maximum of what companies can do», She added.
She calls on the government to examine these measures, because it is necessary “do everything to curb the pandemic with means which are the least deprived of liberty and which have the least impact on our economy“. Covid-19 contaminations continue to climb in France where 84,272 new cases were confirmed on Wednesday, according to figures published by Public Health France.
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