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France will block entry to UK tourists, tightening its border restrictions in an effort to slow the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
The decision came as EU leaders expressed heightened alarm over the renewed surge in Covid-19 cases and tried to maintain a common approach to travel within the bloc.
Travel from the UK to France will be largely limited to French nationals, residents and their families, although exceptions have been made for students and some professions, such as doctors, which have a work-related reason to enter the country.
The French prime minister’s office said the curbs would apply from midnight on Friday.
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