France to test travelers from 16 COVID-19 high-risk countries

PARIS: France will impose COVID-19 tests on travelers arriving from 16 ‘red zone’ countries starting from Aug. 1, where the coronavirus circulates rapidly, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced.

The French government planned “to reinforce sanitary security on borders” due to the high risk of epidemic resurgence, said Castex when visiting Charles-de-Gaulle airport in the north of Paris.