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World Service,09 Aug 2021,26 mins

France extends Health Pass to cafes, bars, and restaurants

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Today in France, the so-called Health Pass - a digital certificate showing that the holder has had at least one jab of a covid vaccine, a negative test, or has had the virus, is being extended to bars, cafes and restaurants. We speak to Emma Pearson, editor of The Local France and get reaction from Celine Pigier, co-director of Le Hasard Ludique, a venue in Paris. Many people have had to be evacuated from Greece's second largest island, Evia, due to wildfires. The BBC's Metta Tsikrika is on the island and tells us about the disruption the fires are causing on local residents and businesses, whose property has been destroyed. Doping is a growing problem in the multi-billion dollar industry of competitive online gaming – but remains an open secret. Tamasin Ford investigates the issue. (Photo: coffee cup at a cafe, Getty Images/F.J. Jimenez.)

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