France will impose a 10-day quarantine for travelers arriving from India within the coming days to prevent the spread of a worrying Covid-19 variant that’s hammering Indian hospitals, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said Wednesday.
The move comes a few days after Paris announced a ban on all flights from Brazil to stave off the P1 coronavirus variant, and required quarantines for passengers on flights from Argentina, Chile, and South Africa.
“For certain nations where the health situation may be very critical and worrisome specifically, we will again tighten the screws,” Attal stated after a cabinet meeting on the pandemic response.
“India will be added to this list,” he stated, with details of the travel restrictions to be unveiled in the coming days.
India has been in the grips of the second wave of infections blamed on lax government rules and a new “double mutant” virus variant, adding nearly 3.5 million new cases this month alone.
Britain has also added India to its “red list” of strict travel restrictions, Hong Kong and New Zealand have banned Indian flights outright, and America advises against traveling to the nation, even for those fully vaccinated.
