checks on the health pass “multiplied by three” since October, according to Gérald Darmanin

The police have “multiplied by three” since October the health pass checks after “a relaxation” barrier gestures in establishments that receive the public, the “ERP”, said Tuesday, November 23 the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin on France Inter. “There was a relaxation of controls in September-October, we were down to 20,000 controls for the police forces per week”, admitted the minister.

“50,000 to 60,000 checks” are now carried out weekly in restaurants, hotels, “so we multiplied by three” controls. There have been “460 verbalizations” just last week, added the minister. Gérald Darmanin also indicates that“At the request of the Prime Minister, I asked each prefect to convene, to invite the catering managers of each hotel department to remind them of the rules, because the Covid is increasing, hospitalizations are increasing”. According to Gérald Darmanin, “It is absolutely necessary that each of the restaurateurs and hoteliers apply the sanitary pass and its control otherwise we will have problems.”

For the Minister, “The goal of the police is not to put verbalizations, it is to try to make pedagogy. It is especially so that all those who receive from the public apply the control of the pass health. Otherwise we will have to do like other countries, that is to say restrictions on our freedom of trade and life. Nobody wants to return to this situation “, says Gérald Darmanin.

.@GDarmanin : “Yes, there has been a relaxation of sanitary pass controls. There were 20,000 checks per week, at the request of the President of the Republic, we went back to 50 to 60,000 checks per week. Last week there were 460 verbalizations. ” # le79Inter pic.twitter.com/LvbkBAsKsO

– France Inter (@franceinter) November 23, 2021