To enter France from Europe, you must present a health certificate, have passed the covid less than six months ago or have a negative test.
The tennis player Novak Djokovic may participate in the tournament Roland Garros, scheduled between the end of May and the beginning of June in Paris, because in international competitions France will not impose the vaccination certificate, which is going to be mandatory for nationals.
The French Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, was very clear on Friday when she pointed out that Djokovic “will be able to participate in the competition because the protocol, the health bubble of these great sporting events, will allow it”.
In an interview with the station France InfoMaracineanu insisted that “in France we do not have the same regulations as in Australia to enter the country” and that is so “for athletes as well as for others.”
To get to France from another European country you need a health certificate that proves to have the complete vaccination schedule, to have passed the covid less than six months ago or to have a negative test.
The minister stressed that with a new bill that is being processed in the French Parliament, and that should be adopted by the middle of the month, a vaccination certificate will have to be presented to access any sports facility.
Until now, a health certificate is enough, that is, a recent negative test is sufficient.
This obligation of vaccination will be imposed on the public, but also on athletes as long as they train in France and are domiciled in France or participate in French national competitions, regardless of their nationality.
“However,” Maracineanu pointed out, in international competitions “there are mandatory protocols imposed by the federations“That they will continue to allow the participation of athletes like Djokovic even if they are not vaccinated.
Next Monday there will be a meeting of the interministerial crisis committee in which there will be an examination competition by competition, to see how things are managed in the coming weeks.
There, the “sports exception” will also be addressed for unvaccinated athletes who come from abroad and who are currently under quarantine. (D)
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