French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday tightened COVID-19 restrictions in the country and mandated that health workers be vaccinated in a bid to battle a surge of new infections.
July 12 (UPI) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday tightened COVID-19 restrictions in the country and mandated that health workers be vaccinated in a bid to battle a surge of new infections. Speaking on national television, Macron said that while France has «succeeded in controlling the epidemic» due to a national vaccine rollout, a new wave linked to the highly contagious Delta variant is necessitating new measures. «If we don’t act now, case numbers and hospital numbers will rise,» he said.
