In the absence of a reminder or a reinstatement certificate, the pass may be deactivated from January 15. Hundreds of thousands of people could be affected, although current figures are probably overestimated.
Pay attention to the deadline. From Saturday, the pass will be deactivated for people who have not had a booster dose at most seven months after the last injection. “We have approximately between 500,000 and 700,000 (people) who, two days ago, had not yet received their reminder”, said Olivier Véran on France Info, stressing however that the number of passes deactivated on this date would undoubtedly be lower.
Because among these people, many are those “who have presented an infection and who have not yet put proof of their infection in their Tous Anti Covid system”, which will extend the validity of their pass, he added. The day before, the ministry had estimated this number at a maximum of 800,000, also indicating that it was “probably overrated”.
“Non-recall is the exception”
At the end of November, by opening the vaccine booster to all adults, the government announced that it would be necessary to extend the health pass (which will soon be replaced by a vaccine pass). In the absence of a reminder or a reinstatement certificate, the pass may be deactivated from January 15. For those over 65 and people with comorbidities, who had access to the recall in September, this deadline was December 15.
“In mid-December, people were worried […], and in fact you haven’t heard of jumping passes», relativized Olivier Véran. According to him, 98% of vaccinated people over the age of 65 had their booster seven months after their last injection. This proportion is “nearly 90%” three months after the last injection.
“The recall acceptability rate is huge,” assured Olivier Véran, according to whom “recall is the rule, non-recall is the exception”. For now, 29.5 million people have received their reminder since the opening of the campaign on September 1 and then its gradual expansion to all majors.