France's Health Minister Olivier Veran says around 3,000 health workers who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 have been suspended, a day after the country made vaccination mandatory for all healthcare and care home workers, Reuters reports.

President Emmanuel Macron's government imposed the rule to boost vaccination uptake and help prevent a new wave of infections in the autumn that might jeopardise France's economic recovery.

"Most of the suspensions are only temporary ... many of them have decided to get vaccinated as they see that the vaccination mandate is a reality," Veran told French RTL radio.

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