When protestors against mandatory vaccine health passports hit the streets July 15, 2021, in France, police fired tear gas into the crowds. President Emmanuel Macron had previously announced a plan requiring COVID-19 vaccine certificates or negative PCR tests to gain entry to bars, eateries and theaters, citing escalating numbers in coronavirus cases, especially the highly contagious Delta variant.
Macron is encouraging people to get vaccinated, insisting the vaccine is the best way to get France back on track and restore normalcy. But protesters in several French cities drew the line at mandatory vaccine health passports and took to the streets, some wearing badges saying "No to the health pass.”
SOURCE: Economic Times July 15, 2021