Its expiration date was set for November 15.
But it could be postponed for more than eight months.
At the exit of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced that the use of the health pass could be extended until July 31, 2022 if the health situation does not improve.
"We must keep braking measures at our disposal," defended the government spokesman, assuring that the executive left itself the possibility of extending the health pass "if and only if" the situation required it.
Fear of an epidemic resumption
“We have no QR Code fetishism,” he said.
“The second the health pass is no longer needed to control the epidemic, we will be happy to withdraw it,” he said.
If the situation remains in a dynamic of improvement, we can adapt or suspend it.
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The government wants to be cautious in the face of a possible new epidemic wave.
“The situation is no longer improving: in 18 departments, the incidence rate exceeds the alert threshold.
There is still a significant risk of an epidemic resumption ”, warned Gabriel Attal, specifying that“ we must remain vigilant until next summer ”.
The Secretary of State has so far ruled out the need to have a booster dose of the vaccine to keep a health pass valid until July 2022. "This is not the case today," he said. he replied briefly, without giving details for the next few months.