As per Macron’s announcement, they will request antigen testing at the Eiffel Tower from visitors without a health passport.

The Eiffel Tower will offer testing antigens visitors without an anti-Covid health passport since wednesday, day of entry into force of this measure in cultural or entertainment venues that accommodate at least 50 people, the manager of this attraction announced to the press agency on Tuesday. AFP.

From 8:30 am on Wednesday, one hour before the opening of the doors of the Tower, Visitors who cannot present a health passport (which proves a complete vaccination, recent negative test or vaccination) must, if they wish to access the monument, undergo a rapid-result antigen test in the tents set up in front of the monument. each entrance, just before the security check, said the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (Sète).

This additional device “guarantees tourists visit the monument in optimal conditions “, said Patrick Branco Ruivo, director general of Sète, who said “to apply the decree” published Tuesday in the Official Journal.

These tests will be Free for French visitors, but foreign tourists who do not reside in France will have to pay 25 euros, as in all of France from July 7.

“Our visitors have already been warned”, in particular with messages in all languages ​​on the website, underlines Branco Ruivo, which initially plans 1,500 tests, ie one in ten visitors and 20 health pass checkers.

One of the most visited monuments in the world, The Eiffel Tower opened at noon last Friday after eight months of closure, the longest since the end of World War II. Since Friday, this symbol of Paris has received between 10,000 and 13,000 tourists per day, the expected level which corresponds to half of its usual attendance.

Contagions have exploded

France said on Tuesday that in the last 24 hours it has registered 18,181 new cases of coronavirus, a notable increase compared to the figures of the previous week, when the same day a week ago the authorities had counted 6,950 in 24 hours.

The trend confirms the strong presence of the delta variant in France, up to three times more contagious, which the government said accounted for 80% of new cases in the country last week. In parallel, hospitalizations have decreased, Well, 129 fewer were recorded than this Monday and there are a total of 6,912 patients admitted for covid-19.

We also had to regret 33 deaths due to the disease, with which there are already 111,525 dead since March 2020.

According to health authorities, A total of 37.8 million first doses of the vaccine were injected, while the latest available data, from July 18, shows that 30.3 million people have received the full schedule.

(With information from AFP and EFE)

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