France's Macron Tries To Slow Delta Variant, Boost Vaccines
Source: AP News
PARIS (AP) — Is France’s summer over already?
Just three days ago, the country threw open its nightclubs for the first time in 16 months, completing a protracted national effort at returning to a pre-pandemic normal just in time for summer vacation. But with the delta variant now driving resurgent infections, potential new restrictions loom.
President Emmanuel Macron is hosting a top-level virus security meeting Monday morning and then giving a televised speech in the evening, the kind of solemn speech he’s given at each turning point in France’s virus epidemic.
This time, he’s expected to announce plans for a law requiring health care workers to get vaccinated, and may require special COVID-19 passes for restaurants or other day-to-day activities.
Other possibilities: A return to limits on the number of people allowed in public venues that just reawakened in May after one of the world’s longest shutdowns. Or an announcement that France could start charging money for some virus tests, which up to now have been free for everyone on French territory...
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- People wait after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, in a vaccination center of Lyon, central France, Wed., July 7, 2021. French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal said the epidemic is gaining ground again in France due to the delta variant, after several months of decrease.