Several key changes with regard to France’s Covid travel rules have taken effect today or over the last weekend.
To help you keep track of them, here is a summary of the main points that you need to know if you are travelling from or to France.
1. No more Covid test needed for fully-vaccinated people arriving from amber and red-list countries
France has simplified the rules for vaccinated people coming to the country from amber or red-list countries such as the UK. There is no longer any need for an inbound Covid test.
There was already no need for vaccinated people coming from these countries to show an ‘essential reason’ for coming to France.
2. France now accepts Covishield vaccine
France will now recognise the version of the AstraZeneca vaccine made at Serum Institute of India (SSI), commonly marketed as Covishield.
This should now remove any doubts over the acceptability of doses of the ‘AstraZeneca’ vaccine administered in the UK with batches from SSI.
Technically, France says it will now accept both European Medicines Agency-authorised vaccines, and others…
