French Parliament <br />Passes Vaccine Mandate, for Health Workers.<br />French Parliament <br />Passes Vaccine Mandate, for Health Workers.<br />The French Parliament passed the law on July 26.<br />It comes as coronavirus cases continue <br />to rise in the nation and all over the world.<br />due to the more contagious Delta variant.<br />In France, daily new cases have hit 20,000, <br />up from just a few thousand earlier this month.<br />Health workers who have not yet been <br />vaccinated must get their first shot by Sept. 15, .<br />or they could be suspended from their jobs.<br />The new law will also allow <br />for the creation of an entrance pass <br />for access to certain public spaces.<br />The pass will be issued to those who <br />have been fully vaccinated.<br />can show a recent negative COVID-19 test ...<br />... or are in recovery <br />after having been recently <br />infected with COVID-19. .<br />Entrance to restaurants, certain modes <br />of public travel and other public spaces <br />will require use of the pass.<br />Entrance to restaurants, certain modes <br />of public travel and other public spaces <br />will require use of the pass.<br />Both measures were sped through Parliament, <br />after having been introduced six days ago.<br />French President Emmanuel Macron responded to widespread protest against the safety measures.<br />What is your freedom worth if you say to me, 'I don't want to be vaccinated,' but tomorrow you infect your father, your mother, or myself?, Emmanuel Macron, French President, <br />via 'The Week'.<br />While Macron stated that he believes <br />that protestors are "free to express <br />themselves in a calm and respectful manner,".<br />he also affirmed the realities of the coronavirus
