While the text of the draft law on the vaccine pass will be presented to the Council of Ministers on Monday, December 27, some are worried about a possible combination of a complete vaccination and a negative test.
Information is circulating more and more on social networks and on the Internet. What if in addition to being vaccinated we should have a negative PCR or antigen test to go to a restaurant, a cinema or a café? This health obligation, implemented in certain European countries such as Germany, Switzerland or Austria, worries the French, as reported in an article by Grazia. And for good reason, in the text of the bill transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass, presented to the Council of Ministers on December 27, a provision indicates a possible “accumulation of supporting documents”, precise The Parisian.
Thus, according to the text, the government could require a negative test in addition to a vaccination certificate to access certain public places if “the interest of public health and the state of the health situation” justifies it. But for now, “the intention is absolutely not to require a vaccination pass plus a test to go for a coffee”, reassures a ministerial source. Above all, this provision makes it possible to set up a broader legal framework, in the event that contaminations continue to flare up and thus be able to strengthen the vaccination pass more easily.
“Encourage vaccination”
Cinemas, trains, restaurants, sports halls… Nothing in the text indicates which places in particular could be affected by this double justification. The only scenarios considered by the executive are the possibility of introducing the cumulative vaccination pass and negative test over a specific period of “epidemic peak” for example, in order to avoid the closure of certain public places or to apply it only to those who do not have a complete vaccination schedule, the daily indicates. These people could thus enter these places thanks to a negative test in addition to their certificate of first dose. A way of“encourage vaccination”, adds the ministerial source. The text has yet to be examined and voted on by the National Assembly and the Senate.