This Thursday, July 12, 2021, Emmanuel Macron took the floor to announce a series of measures in order to counter an epidemic resumption, in particular with the progression of the Delta variant on French territory. Health pass, vaccination, PCR tests … Discover the summary of new health measures.

It is not a surprise, the vaccination will now be compulsory for the nursing staff as announced by the president: ” initially, for nursing and non-nursing staff in hospitals, clinics, retirement homes, establishments for people with disabilities, for all professionals or volunteers who work in contact with the elderly or frail, including home “. All those concerned have until September 15 to be vaccinated. After this date, the Head of State specified that “ controls will be carried out, and sanctions will be taken ».

Until then compulsory for discotheques and events of more than 1000 people, the sanitary pass will be experiencing a new turning point in the weeks to come. From July 21, it will be extended to places of leisure and culture. Emmanuel Macron thus declared: ” Concretely, for all our compatriots over twelve years old, it will take to access a show, an amusement park, a concert or a festival, to have been vaccinated or to present a recent negative test ».

Subsequently and ” from the beginning of August, and this because we must first pass a promulgated text of law, the health pass will apply in cafes, restaurants, shopping centers as well as in hospitals , retirement homes, medico-social establishments, but also in planes, trains and coaches for long journeys. Here again, only the vaccinated and people tested negative will be able to access these places, whether they are customers, users or employees.s ”announced the president before adding that other activities could be concerned by this extension according to the evolution of the health situation.

A vaccination booster campaign will be set up from the start of the school year in September in order to avoid a drop in the level of antibodies in all people who have been vaccinated since January and February. 

In order to “ to encourage vaccination rather than the multiplication of tests “, The Head of State announced that PCR tests will become chargeable during next fall, except medical prescription. No date has been specified for the moment.

Faced with the resurgence in the number of cases of Covid-19 in these overseas territories, the president announced that a state of health emergency will be declared from Tuesday, July 13. A curfew should be announced following the Council of Ministers.