 French police have used tear gas to disperse a protest against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to require a COVID-19 vaccine certificate or negative PCR test to gain entry to bars, restaurants and cinemas from next month. This week, Macron announced sweeping measures to fight a rapid surge in new coronavirus infections, including the mandatory vaccination of health workers and new health pass rules for the wider public. In doing so, he went further than most other European nations have done as the highly contagious Delta variant finds a new wave of cases and other governments are watching carefully to see how the French public responds. The police stepped up shortly after scores of protesters marched down a boulevard in central Paris on Wednesday without permission from the police, Paris authorities.