The state of health emergency ends this Sunday, July 31, 2022. A new stage in the management of the coronavirus crisis at the national level. Several key measures are now becoming relics of the past.
The state of health emergency lives its last day this Sunday, July 31, 2022. This measure, intended to be exceptional, was enacted on March 23, 2020 as part of the emergency law introduced to respond quickly to the Covid-19 crisis. 19.
No more confinement or curfew
The end of the state of health emergency firstly marks the profound transformation of our way of managing the pandemic. The Covid is present and we must now learn to live with it. The government is now limiting the direct constraints on the daily life of the French and is implementing long-term crisis management.
Concretely, from August 1, 2022, the Executive will no longer be able to impose “measures limiting the freedom to come and go, the freedom to do business and the freedom of assembly”, indicates the site. Public Life. Therefore, it is impossible to put in place a curfew or confinement. Similarly, the measures of “requisition of all goods and services necessary to put an end to the health disaster” and “price control” can no longer be applied.
Only a vote in Parliament might mark the return of these devices in France. Regarding the wearing of the compulsory mask, the government may decide to apply the measure once more through the use of decrees, indicates West France.
Entry into force of the health law
The new health law was validated this Saturday, July 30 by the Constitutional Council. It should come into force on August 1, replacing the state of health emergency. In detail, the latter extends several crisis management systems. Two epidemic monitoring tools, SI-DEP and Contact Covid, have been extended until June 30 and March 31, 2023.
Similarly, a health certificate may be requested at the borders in the event of the appearance of a new variant. A negative test might then be required to return to France. Finally, the possibility is open to reintroduce non-vaccinated caregivers into hospitals. The High Authority for Health (HAS) will have to decide whether this measure is appropriate from an epidemiological point of view, reports Public Senate. On July 22, the HAS issued a negative opinion on the reintegration of non-vaccinated personnel. It can be entered once more in the next few days.