Relief for everyone: there will be no curfew and schools will remain open. The health council was held this Thursday, January 20 in the morning at the Élysée. Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of Health Olivier Véran have been giving a press conference since 7 p.m. From January 24, 2022, the “health pass” becomes the “vaccination pass”.
For the Prime Minister, this transformation is “necessary” and “coherent”. Individuals who wish to go to restaurants, theaters or make long journeys, by plane, train or bus, will be required to show a complete vaccination schedule or a certificate of recovery or a certificate of contraindication to vaccination. PCR or antigen tests will no longer be valid. Constraining the unvaccinated is the goal of the French government. Omicron has affected no less than “5 million” French people.
“Our country has been going through a difficult phase for a few weeks, first in the hospital” said the Prime Minister. “This Omicron variant is much less severe than its predecessors, but the vaccine is still needed” while adding that “Vaccination has been a game changer. » The Prime Minister warns that “this exceptional wave is not over” but that the situation is starting to improve. “Even attenuated, this virus is not trivial” warns Jean Castex about the Omicron variant. Good news, wearing a mask and teleworking will no longer be compulsory from Wednesday February 2. The gauges in sports and cultural establishments will also disappear on the same day. We may very soon see an emergency exit from this global pandemic that has been bothering us for almost two years now…
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