- France will soon begin to require people to use Covid-19 “health passports” to enter non-essential places.
- People must prove that they were vaccinated against Covid-19, recently recovered from the virus, or recently tested negative for Covid-19.
- Macron said the policy will take effect in August.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that people will soon need Covid-19 vaccine passports for people to go to non-essential places such as restaurants and tourist attractions.
Macron stated that the new policy will begin in August, Agence France-Presse quoted Macron’s televised speech for reporting.
The country will use the “Health Passport” program in which people can share QR codes or certificates with institutions to prove that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19, recently recovered from the virus, or tested negative for Covid-19.
“If we do not take action today, the number of cases will continue to increase,” Macron said in his speech. According to France 24.
Macron also stated that medical staff will be required to be vaccinated before September 15. For non-medical staff, vaccination is a “personal responsibility issue… but it is also a matter of our freedom.”
His comment on Monday was the latest move to try to slow down the Covid-19 infection in France and encourage more people to get vaccinated.
Just over 36% of the French population has been vaccinated against Covid-19, According to data from Johns Hopkins University.
According to a report from France24, there were 1,260 new cases of coronavirus in the country on Monday.
