France announces new measures to curb spread of COVID-19
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French Prime Minister Jean Castex said the authorities will "tighten controls and penalties for false passes."
Paris: French Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced a series of measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 during holiday seasons, and called on French citizens to respect preventive measures during celebrations.
Facing the fifth wave of the pandemic that "continues to affect strongly France with more than 50,000 cases per day," Castex announced that, effective from January 3, 2022, the booster dose can be received in four months, instead of the current five months, after the second dose, Xinhua news agency reported.
"A draft bill will be submitted at the beginning of January to transform the health pass into a vaccination pass," he announced, stressing that "only vaccination will be valid in this pass."
