Video Vaccine pass, tests before the holidays, new restrictions … Watch the speech by Jean Castex at the end of the health defense council

A new health defense council was held in Matignon on Friday, December 17 in the afternoon, in reaction to the epidemic situation and to the very rapid progression of the Omicron variant of Sars-CoV-2. At the end of this new meeting, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, announced a series of measures and recommendations in the run-up to the end of year celebrations. He thus invited “each and everyone, vaccinated or not, to test themselves in the hours preceding” moments of celebration, with a PCR test, antigen or a self-test.

The Omicron variant, whose propagation speed is “dazzling around us in Europe”, “will spread very quickly to the point of becoming dominant from the beginning of the year 2022” in France, said the Prime Minister, calling on the French to be responsible for family reunions. “PAs soon as a specific number is reached, let us rely on a principle of common sense: the fewer there are, the less risks we take. Let’s avoid big parties, big gatherings, big dinners “, added Jean Castex, assuring that, on the evening of December 31, “the prefects will prohibit wild gatherings, the consumption of alcohol on public roads and will invite municipalities to give up major events on public roads”, such as fireworks and concerts.

Jean Castex also announced that the government was going to introduce a bill to transform the health pass into a vaccination pass. Only vaccination will allow you to obtain this pass, and no longer negative tests. A turn of the screw for unvaccinated people.

From the beginning of January, the time before the booster dose of the vaccine will also be reduced to four months, and no longer five months.