By akademiotoelektronik, 28/12/2022

The vaccination pass becomes compulsory from Thursday 21 October (official) The vaccination pass becomes compulsory from Thursday 21 October (official)

As of Thursday, October 21, 2021, the vaccination pass becomes an official document that will be required for various activities such as travel and access to tourist sites and administrations.

In a press release, the government announces that the vaccination pass will be required for travel between provinces and prefectures, regardless of the mode of transport, public or private. It will also replace the travel authorizations as well as the authorizations to leave the territory issued by the local authorities.

It will also be required for anyone wishing to access public administrations, including civil servants. Same thing for semi-public and private administrations. All staff of private sector companies, as well as visitors, must have a vaccination pass.

Finally, it will be required to access closed places, hotels, tourist establishments, hammams, sports halls, restaurants, cafes and shops.

The statement calls on officials of public and private administrations to apply these provisions under their personal legal responsibility.

The previous restrictions all remain valid.

In other words, without a vaccination pass, you can just stay at home, or go out without going beyond the limits of the province or prefecture, while shopping at outdoor vendors.

It seems obvious that these provisions, which have been under study for several weeks, aim to speed up vaccination, which has experienced a certain slowdown.

Here is the full text of the press release relayed by the MAP agency:

"The government has decided to adopt, from next Thursday, a new preventive approach based on the "vaccination pass" as a document approved by the health authorities, in accordance with the legal provisions relating to the management of the state of health emergency.

"As part of the reinforcement of the positive development experienced by the national vaccination campaign, while taking into consideration the gradual decline in the number of infections by the coronavirus thanks to the measures taken by the public authorities, and in accordance with the recommendations of the scientific and technical committee, the government has decided to adopt, from Thursday, October 21, a new preventive approach, based on the vaccination pass, as a document approved by the health authorities and this through a series of measures”, says a government statement.

“These measures, he specifies, concern the authorization of people to travel between the prefectures and the provinces, through private or public means of transport, on the condition of presenting exclusively the “vaccination pass”, the adoption of this “pass” as a travel document abroad and the cancellation of the travel authorization issued by the competent local authorities.

“Civil servants, employees and users of administrations are also required to provide the “vaccination pass” to access public, semi-public and private administrations, adds the same source, indicating that it is necessary to present this "pass" to also access hotels and tourist establishments, restaurants, cafes, closed spaces, shops, sports halls and hammams.

"All public and private sector officials must ensure the sound application of all these measures, under their direct legal responsibility," the statement continued.

"Recalling that the other preventive measures already in place remain in force, the government calls on those who have not been vaccinated to receive their two doses of vaccine as soon as possible, and those who have been vaccinated for more than six months to take the third dose. to boost their immunity.

“In this regard, citizens who have received the two doses of the vaccine must download the “vaccination pass” on the website dedicated to the national vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on the link “www.liqahcorona. my ".

“They can also request it from the administrative annexes close to their place of residence in case they are unable to download it from said site,” concludes the same source.