Top French court approves law requiring COVID-19 health pass • FRANCE 24 English

#France's highest court on August 5 upheld a new law requiring the public to hold a #health pass to access bars and restaurants, and health workers to be #vaccinated against #COVID-19 by mid-September, saying it complied with the republic's founding charter. In its ruling the Constitutional Council did however strike down several clauses in the legislation, saying that enforcing a compulsory 10-day #quarantine on anyone testing COVID-19 positive impinged on #freedoms.

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