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While the regulation is expected to enter into force in the coming days, 60 deputies from opposition parties will apply to the Constitutional Court against the bill. According to the new regulation, which transforms the Covid-19 health card into a vaccination card, only the document showing that the vaccinations have been completed will be required at the entrance to certain places such as cafes, restaurants, museums, theaters and movie theaters and on journeys by train, and the test will no longer be valid. In order for the vaccination card to be valid, the third dose, called the reminder dose, will need to be administered. The vaccination card will be applied to people aged 16 and over.  According to the bill, the prison sentence for those who make fake vaccination cards has been increased to 5 years and the fine to 75,000 euros. The bill was approved in the first vote in the House on January 6 and in the Senate on the night of January 14. Discussions on this bill were stopped tw...

Anti-vaccination protests continue in France. Under the leadership of the far-right Les Patriotes (Patriots), thousands of people gathered in the Trocadero Square opposite the world-famous Eiffel Tower in the capital Paris, protesting the government's making the Covid-19 vaccine card mandatory to enter public places. The demonstrators, who frequently called on President Emmanuel Macron to resign, were also supported by far-right groups. It was seen that extreme right-wing groups asked members of the press in the region to protest about the institution they work for. On the other hand, in the demonstration held last week, two journalists working for France's official news agency AFP were battered by the demonstrators. VACCINE CARD IMPLEMENTATION ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 24 JANUARY In France, the Covid-19 vaccine card will be issued to visitors in hospitals and nursing homes, and to hospitals and nursing homes, as well as to restaurants, bars, cafes, weddings, seminars, trade fairs,...

French Health Minister Olivier Veran made a statement regarding the necessity of masks indoors.French Health Minister Olivier Veran announced on Friday that the Covid-19 restrictions in the country will be relaxed as of February 28. The new decisions were taken in line with the recommendation of the Health Council, with the decrease in Covid-19 infection rates. In this direction, the obligation of citizens to wear masks in indoor spaces by showing their Covid-19 vaccine card is removed, and the obligation to have 3 tests required for those in contact with those caught in Covid-19 falls to 1 test . In the statement, it was also stated that the mask obligation will continue in public transportation and indoors that are not subject to the Covid-19 vaccine card.