As France pushes ahead with its vaccination rollout, aiming for each adult to receive a minimum of one dose of a vaccine before the top of the summer, officials are gearing up to welcome international tourists again. From June 9, it’ll introduce a traffic signal system for visitors; categorizing countries into red, amber, and green, counting on the COVID-19 situation there.
Under the system, all EU countries are rated green, alongside Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Lebanon, and Israel. this suggests that fully vaccinated visitors from these countries are permitted to visit France without restrictions. Visitors from green countries who aren’t vaccinated must present a negative antigen or PCR result from a test taken no quite 72 hours before departure to France.
The US, the UK, Canada, and Mexico are among the countries on the amber list, which suggests that fully vaccinated travelers can visit but they need to also take a pre-travel antigen or PCR test and obtain a negative result before traveling to France. Without taking a test, vaccinated travelers from amber countries will need to quarantine for seven days upon arrival in France.
Fully vaccinated travelers from red countries including Argentina, Brazil, and South Africa, where the virus is circulating widely, aren’t permitted to enter France for non-essential travel reasons. they will travel for essential reasons if they take a COVID-19 test before traveling and quarantine for seven days. Red country arrivals who aren’t vaccinated must quarantine for 10 days if they’re traveling to France for essential reasons.
France is currently only permitted vaccinated visitors who’ve received jabs approved by the ECU Medicines Agency, including the Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. it is also preparing to streamline entry requirements for European visitors later this summer by adopting the EU’s digital COVID travel certificate.
What can visitors neutralize France?
With the arrival of summer, businesses are once more throwing open their doors. In mid-outdoor terraces in cafes and bars opened across France. People can now climb the Eiffel Tower and visit the Louvre as cultural attractions, museums and theaters welcome visitors with pre-booked tickets. Non-essential shops and markets also are open, albeit with guidelines in situ, and curfew has been moved back from 7 pm to 9 pm. But as France works the answer to its third national lockdown, some COVID-19 rules remain in situ. Masks are required in indoor public spaces and in some outdoor spaces in large towns and cities.
By the time June 9 rolls around in France, visitors can anticipate the easing of further restrictions. Curfew is going to be pushed back to 11 pm; indoor dining will return at 50% capacity, and non-essential shops are going to be allowed to ease social distancing guidelines. Adding another element of security to foreign visits, officials have confirmed that tourists can avail of free COVID-19 PCR tests in France, should they be required for his or her return journey home (all airline passengers returning to the US must provide one). Details on how free testing would work for non-residents haven’t yet been revealed.