Vaccination against coronavirus can be mandatory for all adults in France. With a request to consider the prospects for the relevant law to parliament, the Prime Minister of the Country Jean Castex, reports The Times.
It is expected that the law will provide for mandatory vaccination first for all medical workers and employees of the nursing homes, and then – depending on the epidemic situation – and other adult groups.
It is noted that the reluctance of the population is vaccinated prevents the goal of the authorities to reach 80 percent of the required necessary to achieve collective immunity. According to polls, about 20 percent of adults are abandoned by vaccination. Among youth between the ages of 18 and 24, this indicator increases to 26 percent. Currently, 34 percent of the population of France are completely vaccinated, another 51 percent received one dose of the drug from COVID-19.
French Health Minister Olivier Veran warned that the country could face the fourth wave of the epidemic by the end of the month due to the “delta” -variant of the Indian strain of coronavirus. According to him, the level of infection did not decrease for five days. Veran also called on as much French as possible to supply a vaccine against COVID-19, reports Reuters
Previously, the French authorities opened the boundaries for vaccinated tourists. Entry to the territory of the republic without a PCR test will be opened only by the citizens of the Green Group to Coronavirus – the countries of the European Union, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand and Israel, were included in it.