France will carry out border checks to stop skiers from spreading Covid

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France will carry out random border checks over the holiday season targeting French skiers on their way to and from foreign resorts - particularly Switzerland and Spain - where slopes stay open, the prime minister, Jean Castex, has said.

The goal is to avoid French citizens getting contaminated. That will be done by performing random checks at the borders," Castex told French television, adding that returning holidaymakers would be ordered to quarantine for seven days.