According to a report by the news channel BFMTV, between 10,000 and 20,000 people took to the streets in Nice on the Mediterranean. According to official information, there were more than 200,000 participants nationwide last weekend.
On Thursday, the French Constitutional Council approved the controversial compulsory vaccination for health care personnel and the so-called health passport, which provides information about a negative test or a vaccination. Both should help to keep the corona pandemic within limits. The new regulations, which President Emmanuel Macron announced in mid-July, will come into force next week.
France is currently in a fourth corona wave. Last week there were about 225 new cases per 100,000 people nationwide. The federal government is now classifying larger parts of southern France as a corona high-risk area. From Sunday on, this applies to Provence, the Côte d’Azur and the island of Corsica, among others. French overseas territories such as Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, St. Martin and St. Barthélemy are also affected.