The health pass, yes, but not all the time and not just any old way.
Here is in summary the arbitrations carried out by government, as revealed to us by Prime Minister Jean Castex in his interview and in the measures of progressive deconfinement.
This pass will be at the heart of the European strategy to reopen borders and harmonize regulations, but it will also play an important role in the return of major events to national soil.
When will it be used?
The health pass, which must be adopted at first reading in the National Assembly in the coming hours, must come into force on June 9, during the third stage of deconfinement which provides for the return of events bringing together more than 1,000 people without close contact. , within the limit of 5,000 people. From that date, it must allow (or conversely prohibit) access to stadiums, to certain shows (seated festivals and seated concerts, theaters), fairs, shows, conferences and casinos. From June 30, the ceilings will be high in these places but the pass will remain compulsory.
The tool will then be used in the same way for festivals and standing concerts, always from 1000 spectators.
An important concept, because the government specifies on its Internet site that “the pass cannot be a right of access which differentiates the French.
It should not be compulsory to access places of everyday life such as restaurants, theaters and cinemas, or to visit friends.
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By indicating that the pass will be compulsory "when possible", the authorities allow themselves the possibility of granting exemptions, for example by the prefecture, in consultation with the organizers, or for events without access control such as the Tour de France.
How do I get it?
The health pass must be separate from a vaccination certificate. "Vaccination alone will never be compulsory," recalls the Directorate General of Health (DGS). Thus, the presentation of a negative test or proof of recovery will have the same level of validity as a vaccination certificate. The health pass is intended to prove that you are not a carrier, the moment you use it, of Covid-19. For vaccination, the DGS has already told us that it would be necessary to have "a completed vaccination cycle".
This consists of one to three doses, depending on the serum used and the person.
For the carriers of the virus recovered, the European Commission recommends to consider as “not contaminated” the patients “the eleventh day after their positive test” and “until the 180th day maximum” (that is to say during six months).
Finally, it will always remain possible to attest to your health in a much more ephemeral way, with "a negative PCR test of less than 48 hours", specifies the DGS.
What shape will it take?
Concretely, it is the QR Code, this rejuvenated square version of the barcode, which must allow you to certify the validity of your current "non-contamination" to Covid. Already, the TousAntiCovid app makes it possible to embed data by scanning this code on their vaccination certificate, given after the last dose, or from a negative PCR test, via the document issued by the laboratory. "It will also be possible to use the health pass in paper format by directly presenting the various documents requested", specifies the government. Reassuring news for non-smartphone users, for example. Here again, it is the QR code that will allow the event organizer (or the airline) to verify the identity of the bearer and the validity of the documents provided, via the dedicated application TousAntiCovid Verified.
“The only thing that will appear on the screen will be green or red. Nobody will know if you can get around thanks to a vaccine or a PCR test ”, explained the Secretary of State for digital Cédric O on Europe 1. The National Commission for Informatics and Freedom (Cnil) said it was“ attentive to the modalities concrete implementation of such a system, temporary, and, in particular, to the use which will be made of it ”while insisting on the fact that the digital version of the pass is“ always based on the voluntary service ”
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