PARIS (REUTERS) - France's busiest airport was on Friday (July 31) preparing to start testing passengers for Covid-19 on arrival from high-risk countries, a move that could reduce the need for quarantine measures causing pain to the tourism industry across Europe.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - France's busiest airport was on Friday preparing to start testing passengers for Covid-19 on arrival from high-risk countries, a move that could reduce the need for quarantine measures causing pain to the tourism industry across Europe.
Travellers are then allowed to continue their journey. Test results will come through between 24 and 48 hours later, when travellers will be contacted by public health workers. QUARANTINE QUERIED With fears around Europe of a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, some governments have advised against travel to high-risk destinations, or told travellers they must quarantine themselves on their return.
Charles de Gaulle airport has been trialling the testing - on a voluntary basis - near a bureau de change in the arrivals area. Paumier supervises a team of around 15 workers which has been testing close to 1,000 people per day.
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