Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said that Covid-19 vaccination would be mandatory for health workers as part of a new effort to contact the deployment of the more contagious Delta variant.
Warning about Strong Pandemic Resurrection, Macron on Monday referred to a must “to go to vaccination of all the French” as “it was the only way to normal life”, reported the Xinhua news agency at the address broadcast on television, he announced that “vaccination will be Mandatory for all contacts with fragile people “.
Health workers and nursing homes need to be invested by September 15 or risk sanctions.
In June, France provided an average of 167,524 vaccines per day, sharply from 450,000 doses provided every day in May, according to the public health agency.
The level of vaccination remains very low among medical staff and care workers.
Less than 60 percent of nursing homeworkers and less than 64 percent of hospital workers have been vaccinated.
Until now, around 35.79 million people, or 53.1 percent of the French adult population have received a dose of Covid-19 vaccine, and 27.38 million, or 40.6 percent, has received both doses.
The French government aims to have 35 million people who are fully vaccinated at the end of August.
“We must definitely ask ourselves whether vaccination must be mandatory for the entire population,” said Macron.
“Get vaccination is the only way to protect yourself and protect others.
This is what depends on all of us.” As part of the new steps, “We will expand as many health as possible to encourage as much as possible from you as possible to vaccinate “, he said.
Starting from July 21, only people who are vaccinated, those who show negative tests, or recently recovered from diseases such as flu, will be permitted in amusement parks, to attend concerts and festivals.
In the future, Pass Health will be needed at bars, restaurants, cafes, shopping centers, hospitals, in addition to nursing homes, trains and planes from next month.
“If we don’t act now, the case number and hospital number will rise,” the President added.
Delta tensions, are believed to be around 60 percent more transmitting, now contributing half of new infections in France, up from 20 percent estimated on June 29, according to official data.
On Monday, France recorded 1,260 cases of new Coronavirus, up 58 percent from last week.
Until now, 5,465,094 French people have been tested positive for viruses, and at least 111,543 others have died.