The period of validity of the tests is reduced to twenty-four hours and the displacements of “tourism or professionals for people who are not resident in France will be limited,” announced the spokesman for the government, Gabriel Attal.
Le Monde with AFP and Reuters
To fight against a fifth wave of SAR-COV-2 contaminations and the spread of the new variant, Omicron, France will harden the conditions of entry on its territory for travelers from the United Kingdom, Announced on Thursday, December 16, the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal.
“We will put an even more drastic control […] than what exists today,” said Attal on BFM-TV. “We will reduce the validity of the test to come to France. It was forty-eight hours to date, it will move to twenty-four hours. We will [also limit the reasons that make it possible to come from the United Kingdom In France. “The latter will be” limited to residents [French] and their families, “he explained, and the displacements of” tourism or professionals for people who are not resident in France will be limited. ” / P>
Travelers with an imperious pattern will have to isolate for a week upon arrival in France, but this isolation can be lifted after forty-eight hours with a negative screening test, said the spokesman . These new rules, which come into effect from Saturday, also apply to travelers vaccinated against COVID-19.
The United Kingdom is at the forefront against the “Tide of Omicron Raz”, according to the words of the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, while the new variant could become a majority in the country in the next few days .