Since Monday August 2 at 2 p.m., French people living abroad who have received a vaccine recognized in France can apply for their health pass by sending an email to the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. As for expatriates who have received the Russian or Chinese vaccine in particular, the government plans to ask them for a third dose of an RNA vaccine to give them the pass. But for many, summer vacation has already started, and a quick fix had to be found. franceinfo has met some of them.
Jean-Paul has lived in the United States since the mid-1980s and works as a musician in Los Angeles. He received the two doses of the Pfizer vaccine and plans to come for his vacation in France from Wednesday, August 4. Except that at 48 hours before his departure, he still has no visibility on how to obtain the French health pass. “I’m a little anxious, he confides, It seems that there is a vaccination center near the town hall where people are able to make the equivalence between the American vaccination certificate and the famous sesame. But these are just rumors. I’m not sure how it’s going to turn out for me, it’s pretty confusing. “
The challenge is to be able to live normally during the stay. This is all the more important for the French who come from countries where health constraints are particularly high. “Most of us haven’t been out of the country for two years, explains Ariane, tourist guide in Singapore, So there, there is a real phenomenon of fed up. Many families have taken the bet to return, for family reasons and also for the need to breathe.“
Ariane is vaccinated with the serum from the Pfizer laboratory and this data is listed in an app. But it took him three weeks to convert the Singaporean software into a health pass. A vaccination center agreed to perform the operation for her, after several unsuccessful attempts. “J’asked the pharmacist if he didn’t want to convert my paper into a European health pass. It refused because he had started doing it three days before and many fake passes were already circulating. “
The most complicated situation is that of French people vaccinated with products that are not recognized by European health authorities. Françoise lives in Russia and has received two doses of the Russian Sputnik vaccine, which is not licensed. Currently, she is in France, stuck since early June in a sanitary and administrative no man’s land.
“There is no rule for French people living abroad and qhen we have received a foreign vaccine, the doctors do not know what to do, she explains, I have friends who got a third dose, but the doctor I saw didn’t want to. I did not particularly insist because for me, it was taking a risk. I know I am due for a third injection when I return to Russia. We are not unhappy, but a little disappointed to have a vacation like this.“
Françoise therefore spends holidays with her children without collective activity and she will have to take a PCR test to get back on the plane. She feels like she has been left alone in this delicate situation.
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