UK travel group calls the move a ‘hammer blow’ to the winter travel industry
A passenger wheels luggage at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. Picture: NATHAN LAINE/BLOOMBERG
France said it is acting now because the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, which scientists say appears to be infectious, is spreading rapidly in Britain. Under the new rules, people are allowed to travel from Britain to France if they are French citizens or foreigners permanently resident in France, or carrying out essential work or in transit for less than 24 hours.
Under France’s new rules, before entering the country, travellers will need a negative PCR or antigen test not older than 24 hours. Previously the test could be taken 48 hours before entry. Once travellers arrive in France, they will have to self-isolate for seven days, though isolation will be lifted after 48 hours if a test conducted in France is negative. That restriction until now applied only to non-vaccinated travellers from Britain.
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