France will significantly tighten restrictions on travel from the UK to slow it down Spread of new Omicron variants, Effectively prohibiting all non-essential journeys.
The government announced in a statement that starting at midnight on Saturday (11pm GMT on Friday), inbound passengers will need “unvaccinated and vaccinated travelers must have important reasons to travel to or from the UK.”
“People cannot travel for tourism or professional reasons,” it said, adding that the British government itself had stated that the UK would face a “wave” of new infections caused by the Omicron variant.
Therefore, France “chooses the necessary reason for resuming travel to and from the UK,” it said.
In addition, all entrants from the UK are required to undergo a negative PCR or antigen test within the past 24 hours instead of 48 hours, and must be quarantined in France for 7 days-if they are able to perform a new negative test, it will be reduced to 48 Hour.
The statement said: “All travelers from the UK must register on the digital platform before departure, especially allowing them to provide the address where they will stay in France,” adding that the isolation requirement will be regulated.
The French government stated that French citizens, their partners and children, as well as those legally living in France and EU citizens returning home through France, can still enter France without proving the necessary reasons for travel, but must comply with all other measures.
For all others, valid reasons for travel are basically limited to documented family and medical emergencies, diplomatic missions, priority health workers, transportation professionals, and people who can prove that their travel is “economically necessary”.
UK Secretary of Transportation Grant Shapps (Grant Shapps) Tweet He has confirmed with Paris that the new restrictions do not apply to truck drivers.
However, the ferry operator Brittany Ferries described the French move as “a heavy blow to our Christmas.” The Transport and Tourism Alliance TSSA calls on the government to resume the vacation plans of Eurostar and other cross-channel tour operators.
The French government also stated that it requires French travelers planning to visit the UK to postpone their travel. French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal (Gabriel Attal) told BFM TV: “We will build a control system that is stricter than our existing control system.”