France to impose Covid quarantine on visitors from UK

France joins Germany in restricting travellers from Britain amid fears over spread of variant

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France will impose a compulsory quarantine on travellers arriving from the UK amid mounting concern over the rapid spread of the coronavirus variant first found in India, a government spokesman has said.

Gabriel Attal told reporters after a weekly ministerial meeting on Wednesday that the government would announce in the coming hours" exactly when the decision, which was widely expected, would come into effect.