The French Government has banned meetings on public roads in New Years Eve and has streamlined vaccination with third dose to contain the contagions of the omicron variant.
The Prime Minister of France, Jean Castex, announced this Friday, within the framework of the Health Defense Council, that in New Year will not be allowed Fireworks nor the meetings on public roads due to the coronavirus, according to information collected by the French newspaper ‘Le Monde’.
“The meetings, the alcohol consumption on public roads and we will invite municipalities to give up fireworks“, has detailed Castex. In his opinion”the fewer we are, the less risks we will run“.
He has also advocated promoting vaccination and for this, the health card will become a “vaccination card” at the beginning of 2022, specifying that a bill in this regard will be presented in Parliament at the beginning of next year.
Next week a preliminary consultation will begin on this legislative project and on “any other provision useful for extend vaccination insofar as possible “, has asserted Castex.
On the other hand, the French Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, announced this Saturday that the third dose of vaccine will be mandatory for health workers and firefighters as of January 30.
“We are going to strengthen the obligation to vaccinate health workers and firefighters integrating the third dose from January 30. We do not want, as in Scotland, that we have between 25 and 30% of caregivers who could not work because they would all be in contact and therefore in quarantine, “Véran explained to France Inter, where he confirmed the existence of” several outbreaks of hospitalized by the omicron variant , particularly in the Paris region. “
So far, France has registered 240 cases of omicron and he faces a fifth wave of infections just days before the Christmas holidays.
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