fast enough. so it is calling for tougher action as well. more restrictions. it s why we are already seeing countries go that way. austria is already in something close to lockdown. italy is tightening up its health pass system. we are expecting more restrictions to be announced by france today as well. the overall picture strongly suggests that you will not be able to ease pressure on hospitals this winter in europe purely through light restrictions and gently moving ahead with vaccines. it is why a german health minister gave a very blunt prediction this week. he suggested that everyone in his country will by the end of winter either be vaccinated, recovered from covid, or will have died from covid. christine? vaccinated, recovered or dead. that really puts it starkly. phil black, thank you so much for that this morning. all right. the resurgence in covid cases across europe fueling fear of the eu s heeconomic recovery mit back slide. it s been limited, but all the new restrictio
protesters in france also demonstrating against proposed requirements. the country battling a fourth wave of coronavirus infections, and the french parliament passing a bill requiring vaccinations for health care workers. it also expands the use of the health pass system to enter many businesses. cnn s jim bitterman reports. even before it reached the parliament, the new health pass law seems to have had the impact the government wanted. after president emmanuel macron s july 12th announcement they d soon have to carry a certificate for even the simplest of daily activities appointments for vaccinations skyrocketed. according to the vaccination reservation center website at least 4.7 million people have signed up in the two weeks since. on a visit to the french overseas territory of tahiti, macron said the anti-vaccination protesters in the streets like those in the streets this
covid restrictions. the protesters in greece used petrol bombs. they want the government to back off requiring vaccines for health care workers and greece isn t alone. this was the scene in paris on sat saturday. this was the scene in paris on saturday, some protests turned into violent clashes with police, but across france, tens of thousands of people rallied. they re rejecting mandatory vaccinations for health care workers and a proposed extension of the country s health pass system. for the latest on what s happening in france, jim bitterman is live for us outside of paris. jim, what are you seeing? reporter: alison, that demonstration was the most recent. there are about 160,000 demonstrators in the streets across france and they had to use, the police had to use similar sort of tactics as in
even though we don t have any studies about getting this booster, i think in the next few weeks cdc is going to recommend a third shot. for you, i would say layer up that protection, make wise decisions as to where you re going and wait until we have the official recommendation of getting a third shot. we have so many more questions. i m going to post it on my twitter @pamela brown cnn. thank you so much. thank you. the covid health crisis is igniting weekend protests across the world. in paris some of the demonstrations turned violent. protesters are rejecting mandatory vaccinations for health care workers and a proposed extension of the country s health pass system. mandated vaccines for health care workers unleashing violent protests in athens. australians took to the streets in sydney to show their anger at
that s the scene that was taking place in paris, on saturday. some protests, turning into violent clashes with police. but across france, tens of thousands of people rallied. now, what they re doing is rejecting/opposing mandatory vaccinations for healthcare workers and the proposed extension of the country s health-pass system. and france is not alone. greek police using tear gas and water canon in athens, on saturday. this, as protestors used petrol bombs. the protestors want the government to back off requiring vaccines, also, for healthcare workers. and in australia, protestors marching in sydney, fed up over a month-long lockdown there, that could become even longer. officials warning, they might have to extend restrictions past next friday s deadline because of continuing-case numbers there. and they are not the only places that covid fallout is