Asked if vaccination against COVID-19 could become mandatory in France, Macron said: “This hypothesis exists.”
But he added that in practice, France has hardly achieved its goal. Almost 90% of people in France eligible to be vaccinated have already been vaccinated, Macron said.
However, Macron urged those who had not yet injected to do so.
It is noted that vaccination is desirable for children from 5 to 11 years old, but “it will depend on the parents.”
Macron declined to rule out new restrictions on Christmas, saying that “caution should always be exercised in such matters.”
He also said he expects hospitals to be under heavy strain over the holidays due to the high number of COVID-19 cases.
A French government source told Reuters that France is considering introducing mandatory PCR tests for all travelers entering the country from Britain, where infections associated with the Omicron variant are on the rise.
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