Covid vaccine: Up to 800,000 passes possibly deactivated on Saturday in France for lack of a reminder

Up to 800,000 people who have not had their Covid-19 vaccine booster risk having their health pass deactivated on Saturday, a deadline set in November by the government, according to the Ministry of Health. As of January 9, "there are 800,000 people who still have to carry out their recall to keep their health pass", indicated the ministry during a point with journalists on Tuesday, stressing however that this figure was "probably overestimated". . At the end of November, by opening the vaccine booster to all adults, the government announced that it would be necessary to extend the health pass (which will soon be replaced by a vaccine pass). In the absence of a reminder or a reinstatement certificate, the pass may be deactivated from January 15.

Education: 75% of strikers and half of schools closed Thursday, predicts the 1st union

The Snuipp-FSU, the leading primary union, predicted that 75% of primary school teachers would be on strike and that half of the schools would be closed on Thursday, as part of a national mobilization against the Covid-19 protocol implemented in schools. “This historic mobilization by its scale over the past twenty years is not + a strike against the virus + but illustrates the growing fed up in schools”, writes the union in a press release. The Snuipp-FSU denounces "deteriorating working conditions" and "the permanent lies of the Minister of Education", Jean-Michel Blanquer, who had launched Tuesday morning: "We are not going on strike against a virus". Monday evening, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced a relaxation of the health protocol in the face of the Covid epidemic in schools and the risk of chaos. Three simple self-tests for contact cases at school, without the obligation of antigen or PCR testing, are now required. "Not only does the current protocol not protect students, staff and their families, but it also completely disorganizes the school. Thus, contrary to repeated government assertions, it is not the school that is open but a form of + daycare +", denounces the Snuipp-FSU.

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