France Limits Use of Health Pass for Shopping Amid Protests
- Pass won’t be mandatory to access smaller malls, Le Maire says
- Health minister warns of strong resurgence of Covid-19
Demonstrations against the new coronavirus safety measures called for by the French government, in Paris on July 17, 2021.
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France will limit the use in shopping malls of a contested digital “health pass” that provides evidence of Covid status, even as the spread of the coronavirus accelerates again.