UK travellers hoping to head to France on their holidays will need to take note of a new rule around covid vaccination requirements.
France's current rule that you must be fully vaccinated to visit for non-essential reasons still stands; but the date you received your second dose is now crucial.
Just like Spain, France has brought in a new EU-wide rule which means your second dose or full course of vaccine must have been administered within 270 days - or nine months - of arrival if you want to be considered vaccinated by the holiday destination.
If your second vaccination was completed outside of this timeframe, you'll then need to show proof of a third booster jab.
The news will come as a fresh blow families hoping to head abroad for half term, as it means another entry rule to meet. Essentially, the booster jab change affects those who had completed their Covid vaccination by May 1, 2021.
The rest of France's latest travel rules stay in place, and it continues to be one of the countries open to Brits right now.
If you're fully vaccinated against Covid, you can travel to France for non-essential reasons such as a holiday.
You'll need to show proof of vaccination, and a negative PCR or antigen test result taken within 24 hours before arrival, as well as signing a 'sworn statement' that you're not showing any coronavirus symptoms, or have been in contact with a confirmed case within the fortnight before travel.
The above rules apply to anybody who is aged 12 or over.
