France will be exempt from a new system allowing fully vaccinated people to skip self-isolation upon returning from amber list countries.
Ministers were considering adding the country to England’s travel red list in a bid to keep the Beta variant, first identified in South Africa, at bay.
But after making a last minute change, the new rules coming into force on Monday simply won’t apply to France, it was announced this evening.
In a statement, the Department of Health said: ‘Anyone arriving from France to England must continue to quarantine for 10 days at home or in other accommodation, even if they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19.’
The move will come as a huge disappointment to thousands of Brits ready to take advantage of the relaxation of travel rules from so-called ‘Freedom Day’.
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