France Requires COVID Pass for Eiffel Tower and Tourist Venues

France Requires COVID Pass for Eiffel Tower and Tourist Venues
A statue wears a mask along Trocadero square close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on May 4, 2020. Christophe Ena/AP Photo
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Visitors need a special COVID pass to ride up the Eiffel Tower or visit French museums or movie theatres from Wednesday, the first step in a new campaign against what the government has called a “stratospheric” rise in Delta variant infections.

To get the pass, people must show they are either fully vaccinated, have a negative virus test or proof they recently recovered from an infection.