The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, will be Wednesday, July 21, the guest of the 1 p.m. newspaper of TF1, before the start of the examination by the National Assembly of the bill integrating the vaccination obligation of caregivers and extending the health pass , the channel announced on Monday.
The head of government will be questioned at the end of a defense council convened by President Emmanuel Macron on the theme of the Covid-19 health crisis.
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While the contamination figures are soaring again under the effect of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, this will be the first television interview with Jean Castex since 8:00 p.m. from France 2 on May 11.
The use of the health pass must be extended from Wednesday, without waiting for the law which could be definitively voted on Friday, at the entrance of all places of leisure and culture bringing together more than 50 people.
The pass is then to be extended in early August to restaurants, cafes, shopping malls, medical facilities and long-distance transport.