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Thierry Paysant, security worker and firefighter at the Pasteur hospital, and Christophe, caregiver at the Pasteur hospital, hold a banner which reads "Hunger strike" to protest against France's restrictions, including compulsory health passes, to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, near the Abbaye Saint-Pons in Nice, France, on Sept. 15, 2021. Eric Gaillard/Reuters
NICE, France—A French hospital worker has said he is on hunger strike to protest against a government rule that healthcare workers will be suspended if they are not vaccinated against COVID-19.
Thierry Paysant, a fire safety officer with the public hospital system in Nice, southern France, has pitched a tent in front of the city’s Saint-Pons abbey, and erected a placard reading “Hunger Strike” in large red letters.
