In some screening locations, up to three times more attendance is recorded. Since Wednesday, the controversial health pass is necessary to enter all places of leisure and culture of more than 50 people. It is therefore necessary to justify either a vaccination, proof of contamination and cure dating less than 6 months, or finally a negative PCR or antigen test of less than 48 hours. Some people who have not yet been vaccinated or who do not wish to do so multiply the antigenic tests, the fastest, as in this Parisian pharmacy, where Europe 1 went.
“It’s Negative!” Sophie, 22, has just picked up her sesame at the pharmacy counter: the result of the Covid test delivered by the pharmacist, essential to go dancing in a nightclub. “Tomorrow I have a party and they ask me for a health pass … I did my second dose two days ago, and it takes a week for the pass to be activated,” she explains.
“We did a lot”
Between two samples, Sonia, the pharmacist tries to pick up the phone. And confirms to Europe 1 the rush of customers. “There are people who ask what time we close, to come and do more, to go to the cinema, to the theater, to take the plane.”
In recent days, daily “we have done a lot … a lot”, she continues. “I even made two full boxes, so I would say fifty, compared to the usual fifteen.”
“We are taking advantage of the French system”
Julie is the 51st. She sits down in sportswear on a chair in the back room. As the test is only valid for 48 hours, it is a new ritual for this indoor coach. “In one week, I had to do three tests,” she says, “because now, in order to be able to coach or even train, we have to have a health pass or an antigen test.”
“I am not vaccinated, and for the moment, I do not feel at all to do it”, specifies Julie. And to assume: “For the moment, we take advantage of the French system which allows to be tested for free.” Free admission that will end in the fall. Julie will therefore wait until she is up against the wall to think about the vaccination option.
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