The mayor of Good has urged French PM Edouard Philippe to introduce new journey controls in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic by means of “well being passports” within the elements of France which border different international locations.
Christian Estrosi posted the small print of his letter on Fb a day after PM Philippe unveiled plans to ease France’s lockdown in Might, together with lastly growing the strict one-kilometer motion restrict to 100km of an individual’s house. Philippe warned that folks would wish to “study to reside with the virus” whereas additionally beginning to improve their motion and return to work if the nation is to avert financial catastrophe.
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Estrosi means that the well being passport would function by exhibiting that the bearer has examined damaging for Covid-19 inside the 48 hours earlier than journey. The mayor’s proposal comes whereas France remains to be below extreme lockdown restrictions launched on March 17, with many residents desperate to get again to a life resembling normality. Estrosi believes “well being passport” may very well be the way in which ahead for enjoyable the measures even additional – whereas limiting the damaging affect on public well being.
France shouldn’t be the primary nation the place this proposal has been raised as a potential resolution to reopening the economic system amid a world pandemic. Different EU governments – together with Italy and Greece – are additionally mulling over the implementation of a “well being passport” system this summer time as a way to revive their struggling tourism industries.
The tourism sector makes up simply over 10 p.c of the EU’s GDP, and has been hit significantly laborious by the pandemic as complete nations locked down in a bid to forestall the unfold of the coronavirus. Airways have been severely affected, with the UN aviation company predicting a 1.5 billion drop within the variety of air vacationers this yr.
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It’s value noting that there’s a distinction between Estrosi’s “well being passport” proposal and the “immunity passport” resolution that Germany has been contemplating. The well being passport would require common testing of people for present infections, whereas the immunity passport would contain antibody assessments, that are far much less dependable and it’s not but clear whether or not antibodies are a sign of immunity towards additional Covid-19 an infection, as lately flagged by the World Well being Organisation (WHO).
Each ‘passport’ sorts, nonetheless, have introduced up considerations in regards to the trade-off between particular person privateness and easing nationwide lockdowns.
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