Paris: France on Wednesday began to apply a new tightening of rules in the war against Covid-19, which means that 65-year-old people will lose the validity of passing their health unless they have a third booster shot.
Pass health was introduced in the summer and made full vaccination against Covid-19, recent recovery or a mandatory negative test to visit restaurants or cafes, inter-city train trips and go to cultural places such as cinemas or museums.
Fighted by President Emmanuel Macron when he looked back in 2022, the Pass of Health is widely seen as success, despite the initial protest, by encouraging people who are hesitant to vaccinate.
The government said that around 400,000 people aged 65 years and over who qualified for booster shots have not taken it, which is 12 percent of those aged 80 years and over and 10 percent of those aged 65 to 79 years.
People in the 65 plus age group who failed to take a booster shot will see the QR code in their health pass generated by the mobile application automatically dis-active.
The rules, which are increasingly tightening one of the most stringent health pass systems in Europe, will start January 15 expanded in all age groups.
The only choice for people without booster besides getting it is a maximum negative test of 24 hours.
France has done nearly 16 million booster shots and believes he will reach his target from 20 million before Christmas.
Booster is now seen as the main weapon in defeating the Omicron variant which is believed to spread spreaders faster than the previous Covid variant and can be dominant in Europe in the next few weeks.
France reported on Tuesday more than 63,400 positive Covid tests, the highest number since April, while almost 2,800 people in intensive care with disease.
More than 76 percent of people have doubled in France and children who are considered risky can be affixed from Wednesday, with vaccination immediately is also expected to be fully open to very young.