Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin wrote to the prefects on Monday asking them for "
firmness
" in the controls of the health pass in restaurants, in the face of a rebound in the Covid-19 epidemic.
"
It is imperative to re-mobilize all the actors concerned by the application of the health pass in order to limit the effects of the new rise in contamination,
" said the minister in his letter consulted by AFP.
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"
I ask you to bring together without delay the departmental representatives of the hotel and catering trades in order to remind them of their obligations relating to the health crisis
", he added, referring to the control of the health pass of customers and employees. . In this note, Gérald Darmanin also asks to "
maintain at a high level the mobilization
" of the police, "
by resorting, if necessary, to the administrative closure of establishments
". “
We have already returned to the level of controls for the month of September. We must amplify this effort,
”he insisted.
On Monday, the president of the employers' union of independent hotel and catering, Didier Chenet, also called for better control of the health pass.
"
To those who do not control the health history of their customers and employees, I tell you: this is not acceptable because, beyond you, it is the entire profession that you are endangering. exposing it to a general closure measure
, ”said Mr. Chenet.
The number of patients having contracted Covid-19 hospitalized in critical care is "
relatively stable
" and the consequences on the hospital of the 5th wave, "
if it must occur
", are not expected before "the
end of December or January
The authorities said on Monday.