Flights with southern Africa will resume on Saturday with "
drastic supervision
", announced Gabriel Attal, spokesman for the French government.
“
French nationals stranded in the seven countries concerned will be able to return to France from Saturday showing a negative test when leaving, with also a test on arrival as well as isolation between 7 and 10 days.
We take no risk,
”he said.
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France had suspended, since Friday, November 26, arrivals from seven countries of southern Africa, including South Africa, due to "
the discovery of a new variant of the particularly worrying coronavirus
", then announced Matignon.