While the number of cases goes up in France, part of the political opposition calls for free and antigenic testing, suspended since October 15th.
Le Monde
The CIVID-19 epidemic could again ruin the end-of-year holidays of the French. Its recovery pushes in any case candidates for the presidential election to claim free PCR and antigenic tests, which are no longer reimbursed for non-vaccinated or non-order persons since October 15th. Marine Le Pen, a candidate of the national rally (NR), and Michel Barnier, claiming to the investiture Republicans (LR), thus spoke, Tuesday, November 23, in favor of the measure.
The far-right candidate criticized the fact that the tests are no longer reimbursed for unvaccinated persons, calling this decision of “morally reprehensible and stupid”. “There is no struggle against a pandemic by acting, in reality, part of the population to be able to test otherwise [financial]”, hammered M me Le Pen at the microphone of France inter
for Michel Barnier, Asked about it at the same time at the same time At the Antenna de Franceinfo , “If the situation continues to worsen”, “it will be necessary to return to the free tests for non-vaccinated” and “adapt, anticipate”. “I think the idea of remaking these free tests is also a way of preventing and prevention always cost less than reparation,” he justified.
“Vaccinate do not Rule not all “
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the candidate of France unsuitable (LFI) in the presidential election, had been the first to ask for the return of the measure, Wednesday 17 November on the TF1 20-hour JT tray : “For the quality of our end-of-year holidays, you have to restore the free [COVID] test.”
“For the moment, those who are vaccinated, you can do the test for free, but if you are not, you can not do it … but we do not care about who is vaccinated or not ! What we want to know is who is sick or not! “, Had he advanced. Monday, November 22nd to the evening, following the announcement of the isolation of the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, tested positive at CVIV-19, he again insisted in a tweet: “CASTEX positive at COVID proves that vaccinating does not rule not everything. Need to restore free tests, as for him. “
#CASTEX positive at #covid proves that vaccinating does not solve everything. Need to restore free tests, as for him.
The government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal, said Thursday, November 18 on LCI that” for the moment “, the executive” does not envisage Ait] not to return to free tests “. On 11 August, while the epidemic had declined, the Government announced the disturbance of the PCR and antigenic tests by the State from mid-October, for non-vaccinated and non-prescription people.
Germany, which is experiencing a fourth violent epidemic wave, has just reinstated free testing, suspended so far since August.