The announcements, Monday evening, of Emmanuel Macron, had the effect of a bomb but also brought up many questions.
This Tuesday evening, Olivier Véran, the Minister of Solidarity and Health, was invited to the 20 Hours of France 2.
He was able to give more details and details concerning the measures which will come into force in the coming weeks.
If sectors are still pending, such as shopping centers, parents and bosses will in particular see more clearly.
The holidays should be saved.
A deadline for the vaccination of adolescents
Parents who planned to go to the amusement park or restaurant with their teenagers aged 12 to 17 will not ultimately be required to submit to the health pass.
A measure that was considered too fast when vaccination has only recently been open to this age group.
Teens will not have to deprive themselves or submit to recurring tests.
However, they are invited to be "vaccinated quickly" but will be exempt from health pass until August 30 in places where it will be required from July 21, announced Tuesday evening the Minister of Health.
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This exemption was decided to "not spoil the holidays of families," said the minister on France 2. "For them the health pass will apply in all places where it applies, from August 30".
Before that, adolescents must "always keep wearing a mask where necessary," said Olivier Véran.
No more masks in places subject to the sanitary pass
As a reminder, the health pass (full vaccination, negative test) will soon be extended to most public places: it will be compulsory from July 21 for places of "leisure and culture" bringing together more than 50 people, then in public places. restaurants and long distance transport from August.
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But only until Thursday ...
"We will be able to lift the mask constraint eventually" in all the places concerned, said the minister, without giving a date.
"We left to be able to lift the obligation to wear a mask where the health pass applies."
Employees have until August 1 for the first injection
Another category of the population will benefit from an exemption but will not be long in coming.
"The employees of establishments which receive the public, here too we urge them to be vaccinated very quickly but here too we give a small delay", unveiled Olivier Véran in front of Anne-Sophie Lapix.
They "must have received their first dose of vaccination no later than August 1, otherwise from August 30 it will be a test every two days if they want to continue working," he warns.
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Arrangements that were made in consultation with the "stakeholders" and which follow disputes on Tuesday from the managers of the branches concerned such as those of bars and restaurants.
"The goal is to have a secure summer that does not penalize tourism and the life of families", justified the Minister.
In France, the vaccine pass valid for one week (only) after the 2nd dose
Another change in weight announced by the minister: the vaccination will be recognized as complete in France, as part of the health pass, one week after the injection of the second dose, and no longer two.
An adaptation which was taken after consulting Pr Delfraissy, president of the scientific council, responsible for advising the government, and Pr Alain Fischer, the “Mr. Vaccin” of the government.
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All those who will receive their second injection until Wednesday July 14 will already have a vaccination pass for the first restrictions of July 21. "Attention, at the level of European harmonization work remains to be done, so currently to travel within the European Union you have to be vaccinated for two weeks", however warned Olivier Véran.
A large number of French people could be affected, especially if we are to believe the rush on vaccination appointments observed in the past 24 hours. More than 1.7 million appointments have been made on Doctolib since last night, more than 100,000 on the KelDoc platform and 150,000 on Maiia had been reserved only during the night from Monday to Tuesday. As of this evening, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, announced a new daily record for the number of injections declared at 792,339.
Finally, the Minister of Health revealed a long-awaited data but hitherto kept secret in France: that of the profile of patients now hospitalized. "I asked about thirty large French hospitals to give me the vaccination status of a hundred or so patients hospitalized for Covid in our country. 100% of patients admitted to intensive care are not vaccinated. 93% of hospitalized people are not vaccinated, ”he reveals. This tends to confirm what is observed in the United Kingdom or the United States.