The health pass could be extended beyond November 15
"if the Covid does not disappear from our lives"
by this deadline set by law, said the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran on Thursday.
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"This pass cannot be extended beyond November 15, otherwise we would need a new law, which would be debated again in Parliament,"
Olivier Véran recalled at a press conference.
"I am not saying that it cannot happen, it could happen if the Covid does not disappear from our lives in the next three months"
, he added, recalling that this device
"has been the subject of a democratic debate of rare quality ”
.
"The reluctance is falling"
The minister said that
"the last reluctance is falling in the face of the success of the health pass"
which, associated with a
"system of effective tests and massive vaccination of the French"
,
"made it possible to go through the summer without confinement despite a wave of highly contagious variant ”
.
Mandatory since July 21 in places (culture, leisure, sports, trade fairs, etc.) welcoming more than 50 people, the health pass was extended on August 9 to access to hospitals except emergencies, bars and restaurants, large shopping centers by prefectural decision ... It will be imposed from Monday to the employees of the places concerned.
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