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France extends Macron’s Covid pass despite protests
5 years agoA waiter checks a customer's Covid-19 paper health pass on a mobile phone at the entrance of a restaurant in Strasbourg, eastern France, on August 9, 2021. - From August 9, 2021, the health pass is compulsory to access most of the public spaces or to travel on an inter-city train. A valid health pass is generated by two jabs from a recognised vaccine, a negative coronavirus test or a recent recovery from infection. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)
France on Monday began enforcing a Covid pass championed by President Emmanuel Macron in cafes, restaurants and trains, a tightening of rules the government hopes will boost vaccinations but which has prompted weeks of angry protests.