Will the vaccination pass schedule be changed? After the adoption of the text at second reading by the National Assembly, on the night of Friday January 14 to Saturday January 15, Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of the Law Commission at the National Assembly, declared on franceinfo that “the text could be applicable at the end of the week” next. Follow the situation in our live.
The National Assembly adopts the vaccination pass at second reading. Unsurprisingly, the deputies adopted the controversial bill transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass at second reading, overnight from Friday to Saturday. “The vaccine pass could be applicable at the end of next week”, said Yael Braun-Pivet, president of the Law Commission at the National Assembly, on franceinfo.
Beginning of the deactivation of sanitary passes. Tens of thousands of health passes should be deactivated for lack of a Covid vaccine reminder on Saturday January 15. In theory, some 560,000 people are likely to lose their passes on Saturday, the health ministry said on Friday evening. But the actual figure is difficult to determine.
Record number of classes closed. According to a press release from the Ministry of National Education published on Friday, 14,380 classes are closed, compared to 9,202 last week, due to the very large number of cases of students positive for Covid-19, and in the face of the explosion of ‘Omicron, to the absence of teachers or staff. In all, at least 331,715 students have tested positive for Covid-19 over the past seven days.
The Netherlands will ease anti-Covid restrictions. Bars, restaurants, cafes and cultural establishments will remain closed at least until January 25, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands announced on Friday. Mark Rutte felt that the easing of constraints was a “awesome time” for the country, which spent Christmas and the New Year in lockdown, with restrictions tightened on December 19.