The UK will not be affected by a two-week quarantine if entering France, it has been confirmed.
As part of measures to control the spread of coronavirus, travellers to the country, including French citizens returning home, will face a compulsory two-week quarantine and possible isolation when they arrive, the health minister said on Saturday.
“This quarantine will be imposed on any person returning on French soil,” Olivier Veran told a press briefing after the weekly cabinet meeting.
But the verified Twitter account for the French Embassy UK later clarified that people entering from EU, Schengen zones and the UK will not be affected by the quarantine measure.
A series of tweets said: "People entering France from the European area (EU, Schengen and the UK) will NOT be affected by the quarantine measure, whose practical details will soon be specified.
"Restrictions regarding travel to France remain in force for everyone after 11 May: it is still essential to present the declaration for international travel.
"On French territory, travel of more than 100 km will be possible only for absolutely compelling family or professional reasons."
France, which has been the fifth-hardest hit country with 24,594 deaths from Covid-19, is preparing to gradually lift lockdown measures from May 11.
The new quarantine rules, however, will be included in a decree specifying measures laid out in a bill extending a state of emergency until July 24, a move that allows the government to restrict freedom of movement.
Mr Veran said the duration and conditions of both quarantine for asymptomatic people and isolation for those showing symptoms of coronavirus would be defined in the decree to be published.
Decisions to isolate people would be scrutinised by judges to ensure they are justified and fair, he added.
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