The vaccination pass will therefore apply to all athletes. guest in It’s up to you this Monday, January 17, Jean-Michel Blanquer sent a message: the “misadventure” Djokovic not being possible in France, the minister called on the non-vaccinated players of the French football team to go and have their injection .
They will have to follow the same rules as the others. After hinting that unvaccinated athletes could participate in some “big events”, the government backtracked on Monday, January 17. The day after the final adoption of the vaccination pass by the National Assembly, Roxana Maracineanu clarified the situation: it will apply to all athletes, French and foreign. A strong decision taken following the expulsion of Novak Djokovic. Not vaccinated against Covid-19, the Serbian world number one was refused entry to the Australian Open this weekend. And with the vaccination pass, all non-vaccinated athletes will receive the same treatment in France in the future. Problem, some players of our very dear French football team are not vaccinated… Guest in It’s up to you this Monday, January 17, Jean-Michel Blanquer reacted to this measure. More accustomed to responding to too many health protocols at school, we often forget that the politician is the minister responsible for Roxana Maracineanu. The Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports has called on unvaccinated footballers to remedy this.
“No exception for athletes”
The former director of ESSEC left no doubt about the set of France 5: “There is no exception for athletes. There is no exception for anyone. And so yes athletes must be vaccinated, the vaccination pass is valid for everyone“, he hammered before wishing that “all the great champions” take the leap of vaccination. Jean-Michel Blanquer also confirmed that Novak Djokovic will not be expected on the courts of Roland-Garros, “unless he gets vaccinated by then”. “This applies to international travel. We cannot find ourselves in the same misadventures as those of Djokovic for French players. It’s obvious that you have to get vaccinated“, he continued. Little room for mystery for the non-vaccinated players of the French football team…
“Let them watch what’s going on”
Last week, Didier Deschamps stood in place of Jean-Michel Blanquer. On the set of Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine, the coach of the France team confided that “not all the players were vaccinated, or not completely” . It is only natural that the columnist Mohamed Bouhafsi asked the Minister of National Education for his opinion on the question: can footballers continue to play at the Stade de France without being vaccinated? The Minister of Education first revealed that he was not aware of the vaccination rate among the reigning world champions. “It can happen, it corresponds to the proportion of the population that does not get the vaccine. But I imagine they will“, he conceded. Then, the one who would have fallen out with Olivier Véran asked them to take the plunge: “Let them watch what’s going on. Everyone knows that today the people who are in intensive care are essentially non-vaccinated people. The message is very clear: get vaccinated, whether you are athletic or not.“