The vaccinal pass will also apply to foreign sportsmen who participate in competitions in France, said the government on Monday.
Le Monde with AFP
In the aftermath of the Australian expulsion of the world’s number of tennis, Novak Djokovic, after a judicial battle on his vaccine status, and at the approach of great sports competitions, such as the Six Nations tournament The French government stated that the vaccinal pass would not only apply to amateur and professional athletes based in France, but also to foreign sportsmen who come for competitions, learned, Monday, January 17, the France-Presse agency ( AFP) government sources.
This position comes to clarify last week’s comments by the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, who had suggested that the health bubble in force at the Roland Garros tournament would receive non-vaccinated athletes coming from the foreigner, like Djokovic. A sportsman “who will not be vaccinated (…) will be able to participate in the competition because the protocol, the health bubble of these great sporting events, will allow it,” said the minister on Franceinfo on January 7th.
More Stricto Sensu Sanitary Bubble?
Currently, it is not necessary to be vaccinated to enter France, but the vaccinal pass will apply to anyone who enter an institution receiving the public. The next international competitions are Paris Grand Slam Judo (from February 5 to 6) and the Six Nations tournament (from February 5 to March 19). This obligation to be vaccinated can mean that there will be no more strictical sanitary bubbles around an international competition, but it is not yet quite decided.
Sunday evening, the President of the French Tennis Federation (FFT), Gilles Moretton, stated that they “work in collaboration with the public authorities, who will specify the rules relating to the reception of non-vaccinated foreign sportsmen for Our tournament in good time “. Roland-Garros will take place from May 22 to June 5. According to the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), 97% of Top 100 players are vaccinated. On the women’s side, 85% of the world’s first hundreds have received two injections, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) reported.