Macron Discourse Today: The Importance of Vaccination and the Delta Mutation

The French president Emanuel Macron is expected to reiterate in his sermon tonight the importance of vaccination to eradicate Delta variant of the new coronavirus and may also announce that vaccination is mandatory for health personnel.

The French president is expected to address the French at 21:00 Greek time to announce in detail the measures to be decided to be taken this morning during an extraordinary council at the Palace of the Elysium. “He will talk about the state of health and its development, in the light of the evidence for the epidemic in other countries, and about the importance of vaccination,” according to sources in his environment.

The subject of many consultations over the past few days, the mandatory vaccination of health professionals is expected to be on the agenda of his speech, this is a “very likely and legitimate case”, according to the Minister of European Affairs Clement Bon.

In addition to his emphasis on COVID-19 vaccination, Macron may announce some stricter measures for access to events or venues where the spread of the new coronavirus could be favored, through a possible extension of the use of the health certificate that allows verification of a person’s health status.

Restaurants, spectacles, a whole part of the economic and social life of the country started again

This presidential speech will take place at a time when the French are beginning to benefit from the fruits of the easing of measures and the economy seems to be on a good trajectory. Restaurants, spectacles, a whole part of the economic and social life of the country started again.

However, the spread of the delta strain worries health officials who want to avoid seeing the health system flooded by a fourth wave of the new coronavirus, and in particular the rate of vaccination of health workers has reached the ceiling.

Nearly 4,700 cases were reported on Saturday, up from 3,000 a week ago, and the number could rise to “6,000 in a week, 10,000 in 15 days and rise to more than 20,000 in early August if we do not act,” according to with Health Minister Olivier Veran.

With regard to a possible extension of the health pass, the Scientific Council is in favor of a reduction of the limit (currently set at 1,000 people) for the events for which it is intended to be used, as well as “partial restriction measures” in the affected geographical areas. more, “including July and August”.

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