AdvertisementMore than a hundred thousand people marched across France on Saturday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to force vaccination of health workers and require a COVID-19 free certificate to enter places such as restaurants and cinemas. The interior ministry said 137 marches took place across the country, gathering nearly 114,000 people, of which 18,000 were in Paris. The measures had already prompted smaller demonstrations earlier this week, forcing police to use tear gas to disperse protesters. We must adapt and face it', Castex told reporters in southwestern France, referring to the variant first identified in India. Some 55.5% of the French had had a single dose of a vaccine as of Saturday and 44.8% were fully inoculated.

Source: Daily Mail July 17, 2021 21:22 UTC