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1000’s of unvaccinated French health workers face suspension without pay from Wednesday under a brand new COVID-19 regulation that punishes individuals in care professions who refuse to get immunised against the virus.

President Emmanuel Macron gave workers including staff at hospitals, retirement residence employees and the hearth service —some 2.7 million individuals in complete—an ultimatum on July 12 to get not less than one shot by September 15 or resign.

Two months later, hundreds of healthcare staff are still baulking at getting jabbed, raising the spectre of disruptions to companies in amenities compelled to droop workers without pay.

A hospital in the southern city of Montelimar confirmed that it had already begun cancelling non-pressing operations because of a scarcity of vaccinated anaesthetists.

The hospital’s deputy-director Philippe Charre said three allergy specialists would even be absent over their refusal to comply with the vaccine mandate.

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