Gabriel Attal had warned last Wednesday at the end of what was to be the last Council of Ministers of the year 2021. “An exceptional Council of Ministers will be held next Monday, in particular to examine the bill transforming the health pass into vaccine pass, ”said the government spokesperson.
It will finally be backed up by a health defense council, announced the Elysee on Friday.
While a record of daily cases was reached Thursday in France, with nearly 92,000 new contaminations, and that the Omicron variant continues its rapid spread on the territory, this health defense council will put it on the table of new restrictions?
Gabriel Attal had in any case indicated Wednesday that a "reassessment of the health situation" was scheduled for that date.
It is by videoconference that the President of the Republic must participate in this meeting scheduled for 4 p.m., one hour before the Council of Ministers, added the Elysee.
The last health defense council was held on Friday, December 17.
At its end, Prime Minister Jean Castex had launched an appeal for the responsibility of the French for the Christmas holidays, announced a deadline reduced to four months for the booster dose
(
the High Authority of Health recommended this Friday morning to lower this period to three months
and open the third dose to adolescents at risk)
, a strengthening of border controls as well as an increase in the remuneration of hospital staff.