Despite the unforeseen lengthening of the parliamentary debate, in France access to public places (restaurants, cinemas, museums, sports halls, etc.) but also to long-term transport such as the TGV or coaches, as well as to certain large shopping centers will probably soon be reserved for people with a "
complete vaccination schedule
". During his hearing by the Law Commission of the National Assembly, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran admits a clear objective: to put pressure on the unvaccinated to convince them to take the plunge.
"From now on, you must understand that you can no longer consider that you are outside this crisis management, that you are outside these risks"
, he launched for the unvaccinated, before adding that they represent 70% of patients in intensive care in Paris hospitals.
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France is not alone in making this choice.
"
When we compare, we console ourselves
" had also replied Olivier Véran to the rebellious deputy Mathilde Panot, before listing the long list of European countries having adopted health restrictions even stricter than those decided by the last council of health defense.
In particular, many countries in Europe and around the world have put in place (or are preparing to do so) heavier constraints on the unvaccinated portion of their population, believing that it is first and foremost that which increases the pressure on hospitals, still facing a large influx of patients who have contracted severe forms of Covid-19.
Thus in many countries the noose is tightening on the non-vaccinated, who have less and less access to the conditions of a "
normal
"
life
, being excluded from many places of sociability or public services, or even from certain social benefits. .
A vaccination pass in many countries
Like
the
France
, many countries already have made the choice of a vaccine passes.
Le Figaro
listed a dozen in early December: it was then
Germany
,
Austria
,
the Czech Republic
,
Estonia
,
Latvia
,
Greece
,
Ireland
,
Malta
and
Romania
. In these countries it is therefore no longer possible to access certain places, even with a negative result of an antigen test or PCR.
To which must now be added
Italy
and
Sweden
(for gatherings of more than 100 people), where, moreover, the implantation of a microchip under the skin to have his vaccination pass scanned more quickly is now possible since for a start-up to experiment with this new technology with dystopian overtones.
In the
United Kingdom
, the unvaccinated are turned away from nightclubs and gatherings of more than 10,000 people.
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Elsewhere in the world,
Morocco
has implemented it,
Algeria
too, as well as
Australia
which also excludes non-vaccinated from municipal libraries.
In addition, there are large localities in federal countries where health policy is left more to the discretion of the territories: this is the case in Quebec (
Canada
) or in New York City (
United States
).
In
Russia
, the mayor of Moscow has confined for four months unvaccinated persons over the age of 60.
The expanded vaccination pass in some countries
In countries that have already adopted the principle of a vaccination pass for access to certain places such as restaurants or museums, the obligation has also spread to other very frequented places in ordinary life. In
Tunisia
, for
example
, a decree by President Kaïs Saïed at the end of December extended the vaccination obligation to access administrations and private companies, despite vigorous protests from Amnesty International: the provisions of this text which will remain in force for a period of six months "
unnecessarily threaten Tunisians livelihood by inflicting excessively severe penalties for non-compliance
"
,
estimated the NGOs; and the sanctions that will be imposed "
could unreasonably harm the livelihoods of those sanctioned and their families, especially since Tunisia is already suffering from a serious economic crisis
”.
Similarly,
Saudi Arabia
now reserves for vaccinated people access to "private government places" as well as to public transport.
Finally, it is in
Italy
that the list of places still accessible to the unvaccinated shrinks. As of January 10, in addition to bars, restaurants and sports venues, hotels, religious ceremonies, ski resorts or universities will also be closed to the unvaccinated, as well as the metro. “
Those who refuse the vaccine will no longer have access to social life. Nor to transport,
”summarized Il Giornale the day after the announcements. On Wednesday in the Council of Ministers, Mario Draghi will also propose the compulsory presentation of a vaccination pass to all employees wishing to go to their place of work - where the health pass had been in force since October.
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Vaccination obligation
Finally, a few countries have already implemented compulsory vaccination for all - and not just caregivers or nursing home staff.
This is the case first of the
Vatican
, the first country to have adopted this obligation: three Swiss guards were forced to resign in October following their refusal to be vaccinated. The vaccine is also compulsory in two authoritarian states in Central Asia,
Tajikistan
and
Turkmenistan
; in
Indonesia
too, where even if only a third of the population is vaccinated, all recalcitrant theoretically expose themselves to sanctions; as well as in
Ecuador
(from the age of five) and the
Federated States of Micronesia
in the Pacific. In
France
, the Nouméa congress decided in September to impose compulsory vaccination on all adults in New Caledonia, even if no sanctions were foreseen for offenders.
In addition, there are obligations targeted here and there, for example in the
United States
where in New York private sector employees are subject to this obligation.
Joe Biden, on the other hand, failed to extend this measure to all public and private workers: federal justice suspended his project.
Finally and above all,
Austria
has become the first European country to impose an absolute vaccination obligation, from next February (after having considered a containment of the unvaccinated).
Fines can go up to € 7,200.
Economic sanctions
A roundabout form of vaccine obligation, the idea of economic sanctions to penalize the unvaccinated was also adopted, primarily in
Canada
where the unvaccinated will no longer be entitled to unemployment insurance.
Employment insurance, equivalent to unemployment benefits in Canada, will henceforth be reserved for the unemployed who have been vaccinated, with the exception of people with medical exemption.
In
Singapore
finally sufferers Covid-19 non-vaccinated since December 7 must carry their own medical costs of hospitalization, when admitted to intensive care.
The average cost of such a stay is around 16,200 euros.
