France is preparing for a fifth weekend of anti-vaccine protests after previous ones left a trail of vandalism and fear, reports the EUobserver.
"I will not accept any violence, intimidation, attack on their physical integrity or their professional tools," French health minister Olivier Véran wrote to health workers on Thursday (13 August).
"In recent weeks ... several of our professionals have been cowardly attacked for doing their job," he said.
"To attack our health professionals is to attack the nation," Véran added.
He spoke out after some 237,000 people protested against French coronavirus measures, including its 'green pass' vaccination certificate, last weekend.
The figure was higher than the 200,000 who protested in late July and the crowds caused damage along the way.
The protesters vandalised 22 health sites, including five test centres, 15 vaccination centres, and a laboratory in the past few weeks, the French health ministry said.