Omicron: France Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions For Arriving UK Travellers

• All arrivals would have to provide a negative COVID-19 test less than 24 hours old and isolate for at least two days

EKO HOT BLOG reports that France is tightening Covid restrictions for travellers arriving from the UK, as the government in Paris tries to slow the spread of the Omicron variant.

The French prime minister’s office said that from Saturday all non-residents would have to give a compelling reason for travelling to France.

All arrivals would have to provide a negative COVID-19 test less than 24 hours old and isolate for at least two days.

Read also: Omicron Symptoms: First Warning Sign To Look Out For, What You Must Do Next

Confirmed Omicron cases are currently much higher in the UK than in France.

The UK recorded 78,610 new Covid cases on Wednesday – the highest daily number reported since the start of the pandemic.

Slightly more than 10,000 have been confirmed as Omicron, but it is thought that about twice that number are cases of the new variant.

France reported 65,713 new Covid cases over a similar period but has only 240 confirmed cases of Omicron.

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