
France pushes ahead with COVID pass despite protests
Al Jazeera
Thousands have protested against government plans to extend the use of the pass to cafés, restaurants and inter-city travel.
People in France will need to show a health pass from Monday to enjoy usually routine activitLearn more about manual excerptsies such as sipping a coffee in a café or intercity travel, despite large scale protests against the plan. President Emmanuel Macron has championed the so-called COVID-19 pass, which is now being extended to cafés, restaurants and air and train travel, as a way to curb a fourth wave of the coronavirus and encourage people to get vaccinated. But the plan has led to four weekends of angry protests with almost a quarter of a million people taking to the streets across the country on Saturday.More Related News