Paris-Sana
The French government announced today that it has re-imposed travel restrictions to Britain, starting next Saturday, to counter the very rapid spread of the Omicron mutant of the Corona virus in this country.
And AFP quoted the French government’s presidency as saying in a statement today that it is necessary to provide a convincing reason to go to or come from the United Kingdom for those who have not been vaccinated and vaccinated, calling on all travelers to postpone their trips to Britain.
The statement indicated that the period of validity of tests upon leaving the United Kingdom was reduced from 48 to 24 hours, and a quarantine system was imposed upon arrival in France.
In turn, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said that the aim of this stricter control of travelers coming from the UK is to slow down the arrival of Omicron infections to our territory as much as possible while vaccinating with booster doses of vaccines.
Atal stressed that this makes it possible to increase the tightness of the network loops to slow down the spread of omicron as much as possible after it became the cause of the majority of infections in Britain, pointing out that 240 omicron infections were discovered in France and there could be a larger number.
Yesterday, Britain announced that 78,610 cases of corona were recorded within 24 hours, an unprecedented number since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, according to official figures.
