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Macron addressed the French. Photo by Reuters
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French President Emmanuel Macron has said that in order to fight the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, vaccination against Covid-19 will be mandatory for all health workers and all other workers who come into contact with vulnerable people, world agencies reported. reports BTA.
“These people will have the opportunity to be vaccinated until September 15 and then sanctions will be applied,” Macron told his compatriots.
“If we do not act now, the number of new infections and hospital admissions with coronavirus will increase,” Macron warned.
He announced that the use of the health pass for access to restaurants, bars, planes and trains would be introduced from the beginning of August.
“The health pass will be applied in cafes, restaurants, shopping malls, as well as in hospitals, nursing homes, medical and social facilities, as well as in long-distance planes, trains and buses, and only vaccinated people and people with a negative test will be able to get access to those places, “Macron said.
As of July 21, the health pass will be required for access to events with more than 50 people and for entertainment and cultural sites, Macron added.
The president also announced that evening hours were returning to the islands of Reunion and Martinique, which are French overseas territories.
Macron also said that in some situations from the autumn, France will not reimburse the amounts spent on tests for coronavirus.
The French president also touched on other topics in his address. He said the country should raise the retirement age and said the government would continue with its pension reform as soon as the coronavirus situation improves, Reuters reported.
Macron announced that special pension regimes in some industries will be abolished for new recruits. “We will have to work longer and retire later,” the president said. He added that he said each pension should be at least 1,000 euros a month.
Macron added that full employment is the goal of the country’s recovery from the crisis.
He added that France should rely less on foreign technology and added that the French rotating EU presidency would help build greater European autonomy.
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