COVID-19: France to impose 14-day quarantine on people travelling from UK

France would reciprocate UK’s decision to impose a 14-day quarantine on all arrivals, country’s junior minister for European affairs said on August 24. His anuncement comes as coronavirus cases have resurged in French territory with officials recording over 242,899 cases and 30,000 deaths till w.

UK, on or hand, anunced that all people travelling from UK to France were required to self-certify that y were t suffering from coronavirus symptoms or have been in contact with patients withing 14 days preceding travel. Starting August 15, UK also required travellers returning from France to self isolate upon ir return due to high COVID-19 rate infection rates in France.

'Do t close border'  

Stating a need to replicate measure,  Clement Beaune, junior European affairs minister said that France would have an issue of reciprocity so that ir “British” friends do t close border in one single way.  “For travellers returning from United Kingdom, re will probably be restrictive measures decided in next few days by Prime Minister and by Defence Council,” said minister on state TV.

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In recent weeks, France has registered a high number of new cases that hit an all-time post lockdown high. "Transmission of virus is accentuating among all groups, especially young ults"—AP quoted France’s Health authorities as saying. However, France's president insisted that country will send millions of students back to school starting September 1, despite biggest weekly spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since height of its national outbreak in March and April. President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also pledged during a joint news conference that European countries would work more closely in coming weeks to coordinate virus protection measures and vaccine supplies.

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