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Health Pass and the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower

I am sitting here at work and have BFMTV (a French news channel) on - and happened to turn on the sound as a deputy director of the Louvre was answering a question from a journalist about what the Louvre was going to do with regard to American tourists who don't have French health pass/QR code but only have their CDC card.

She said that at least for this first bit, until they hear otherwise from the French government, the Louvre is going to accept CDC cards as proof of vaccination. Her quote was something along the lines of it was good enough to get them across the border into the country, it's good enough for them to enter here.

And before you ask - no, I don't have any idea whether this means a couple of days or a couple of weeks. will update if I hear more.

At the Eiffel Tower, meanwhile, they have set up testing stations so that anyone who doesn't have a health pass can take an antigen test and GET a health pass (the 48-hour valuable negative Covid test). Cost will be €25, according to this article in Le Parisien from last night.

https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/la-tour-eiffel-va-proposer-des-tests-antigeniques-pour-les-visiteurs-sans-pass-sanitaire-20-07-2021-PIBFAYH4HRAHTKSVKDHQXJTR34.php

Masks will remain required in the Eiffel Tower, and the elevators to the first two floors wll only take 50% of the passengers they would take in normal times.

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Thanks for the update Kim. We were planning to go to Paris from Croatia in October but decided to just do one country this year. Hopefully 2022 will be better, but we all thought that about 2021.

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I appreciate the reports from you with “boots on the ground.” Thanks!

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Thank you so much, Kim. I am sending your very fresh information on to a friend who departs the US for Paris in just a few days. I really appreciate the timely news!

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I am seeing reports on other sites of people receiving emails from the Eiffel Tower saying their CDC card will be accepted. Also, early reports of people successful with that at entrance today to the Eiffel Tower.

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Thanks Kim! Appreciate the update! Leaving for the airport now to head to Paris. Looking forward to a fun trip and will roll with the changes...