French COVID-19 centres hit by anti-vaccine vandalism

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French COVID-19 centres hit by anti-vaccine vandalism

Aug 11, 2021

PARIS - French COVID-19 vaccination centres have been hit by vandalism and daubed with Nazi-themed tags as the government steps up its vaccination drive.

Across the country, vaccination centres and outdoor testing facilities at pharmacies have been tagged with swastikas and graffiti such as "collaborator", "Nazi" and "genocide" in recent weeks.

The same slogans have also been seen in some demonstrations against COVID health passes.

In Neuille-Pont-Pierre, in the Loire valley, late last month Stars of David - similar those Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis - were painted on a vaccination centre.

"We are cleaning off these horrors, this is odious. Other centres have also been hit by these racist and cowardly attacks. On the vaccination centre poster, a target was painted, as if for a weapon," Neuille-Pont-Pierre mayor Michel Jollivet said on BFM television on Wednesday.

https://www.todayonline.com/world/fr...cine-vandalism

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French officials call for increased security at vaccine sites amid vandalism

Aug 13 2021

France leaders are calling for increased security at vaccination centers and pharmacies across the country as thousands of people protest against the government's COVID-19 health policy pass, the New York Times reports.

Driving the news: Local authorities in France have found 22 cases of vandalism since July 12 at vaccine sites, including Nazi symbols and bomb threats, per Reuters.

https://www.axios.com/french-securit...3c5620546.html

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‘Liberté’: Thousands take to the streets in Paris to once again decry Covid-19 health pass restrictions (VIDEO)

22 Aug, 2021

Thousands of people have marched in the center of the French capital for the sixth consecutive weekend to denounce the so-called coronavirus health pass that they see as an infringement of the rights of unvaccinated citizens.

The rallies began in mid-July after Emmanuel Macron’s government introduced a system that made presenting a vaccination certificate or negative Covid-19 test obligatory for those willing to visit a restaurant, theater, cinema and shopping mall or travel on a long-distance train.

The authorities insist that the QR codes are needed to encourage people to get the jabs and avoid the fourth lockdown in the country, which saw some 6.6 million getting infected and over 113,000 dying due to the coronavirus.

https://www.rt.com/news/532741-franc...-pass-protest/