France: The government is currently considering additional measures

The French government will decide today to take new restrictive measures to deal with Covid-19, at a time when the Omicron variant is launching the number of cases.

President Emanuel Macron will attend a teleconference conference at the health council in the afternoon at 4 pm local time, one hour before the cabinet meeting to approve the draft law establishing the vaccination certificate, which will install the health certificate. .

On Saturday, for the first time since the start of the epidemic, the limit of 100,000 daily cases was exceeded.

The number of cases dropped to 27,697 yesterday, Sunday, due to the fact that a large number of pharmacies and diagnostic centers are closed on Christmas day.

One of the controversial proposals is the postponement of the return to school, which is scheduled for January 3. Some members of the opposition, including Le Republicains presidential candidate Valerie Pekres, have called for the schools to be postponed. Some health care workers want the same thing, given the proximity to New Year celebrations.

The curfew on December 31 is one of the proposals under consideration, although many scientists believe that such a partial and short-lived measure, just for one night, will not work.

Outdoor mask use is likely to be enhanced in gathering places for more than 10 people, such as flea markets or cultural events.

But, above all, the government is investing in vaccination and the conversion of sanitation into a vaccination pass “for access to leisure activities, restaurants, cafes and bars, organized business events or long-distance transport”, mainly by rail, according to with the plan under discussion.

The latter measure was originally scheduled to take effect at the end of January, but the government is seeking to speed up its implementation by 15 January.

Source: AMPE