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France to ban non-essential travel to and from UK
By EUobserver
France will ban non-essential travel to and from the UK from the weekend, for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, to slow the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant that is causing record numbers of cases, AFP reported Thursday. The government wants to buy time for its vaccination-booster campaign. French citizens and EU nationals could still return, but will need a negative test, and a blanket quarantine will be enforced.