Jules had to go to a business meeting on a Monday in Barcelona, which he couldn't miss.
However, a 72-hour PCR test was required of him in order to be able to travel: "
I called five centers, none could give me the result of my test on the weekend
".
Believing to be of “
good will
”, he then found himself “with his
back to the wall
”: “
I had no choice, I made a mistake
”.
Like Jules, many of them use counterfeits: lack of time, money worries, or even ill will, six of them have testified to Le
Figaro
to explain why and how they did it.
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“
I was educated in accordance with the rules,
” says Jules, 27 years old.
And yet, that Sunday, he found himself using a fake PCR test to get on a plane, and therefore potentially increasing the risk of transmission of the virus to another country: "
I barely get out and work from home. I don't think I was a danger to others,
”he explains to himself.
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