No health passport required for students – Minister

The minister for higher education has said university students in France will not need to hold a COVID-19 health pass to attend lectures when the new term starts in September, reports The Local.

But the passe sanitaire (health passport) will be required to attend other university events, including cultural, leisure or sporting events at venues that also accept members of the public. This will include any conferences or seminars open to the public attended by 50 people or more. Some 2.5 million self-tests have already been delivered to universities, which will be able to distribute them for free among the student body – and the government has said it will cover the cost of future orders.

Students, set for a return to full in-person education, will also still have to wear a mask indoors, given the current health situation, Minister Frédérique Vidal told Le Parisien. She said that she wanted the new academic year to be “as normal as possible”, and said there would be no limits on numbers in lecture theatres.
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