PARIS, Nov 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – French President, Emmanuel Macron, announced last night, to postpone the pre-decided easing of anti-COVID-19 measures, since France is undergoing the fifth wave of the pandemic.
“We are not done with the pandemic yet,” he warned, in his address to the nation.
Macron said that, all barrier gestures that protect people both from COVID-19 and other contagious winter diseases should be given more attention.
“We all relaxed a bit our efforts and it was normal. But we should step up again,” he said.
He added that, the controls of health passes will also be strengthened, in concerned establishments, including airports, ports and train stations.
Furthermore, people over 65 years old and the most vulnerable ones will have to get a booster dose, in order to validate their health pass from Dec 15.
The French head of state reaffirmed the role of health pass in France’s anti-COVID-19 combat.
“Thanks to the health pass and the strategy implemented since last July, we have managed to control the pandemic,” he stated.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, in Dec, 2020, France has injected more than 100 million doses in ten months, and 51 million French are now fully immunised.
Macron urged people to get a booster shot six months after the vaccine. “The solution to this weakened immunity is, injection of an additional dose of vaccine, the booster shot,” he said.
As already done for the 65 years old and above, a booster shot campaign will be launched at the beginning of Dec, for people aged between 50 and 64.
The French president also called on the six million non-vaccinated, to get vaccinated in order to get protected and to “be able to live normally.”
“We have done what is necessary to protect ourselves, we can continue to get the situation under control if each of us does our part,” he said.– NNN-AGENCIES
