Bonjour! France welcoming back (vaccinated) tourists
3 years, 7 months ago

Bonjour! France welcoming back (vaccinated) tourists

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. For French tour guide Linda Zenou, the return of foreign visitors cannot come soon enough: unemployment payments that she's been surviving on during the pandemic stopped last month, leaving her with “no more resources, nothing.” The 61-year-old has had no foreign tourists to guide since she led a busload of English and Spanish speakers around the Palace of Versailles in February 2020. “It's going to take time to put in place and since I'm desperate, it's hard to be positive.” Tourism to France will still not be possible from countries wrestling with virus surges and worrisome variants. Vaccinated visitors from “orange” countries — including the United States and Britain — will no longer need to quarantine on arrival and will no longer have to justify the reasons for their trip to France. European visitors and those from seven countries classed as “green” — Australia, South Korea, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand and Singapore — will no longer need to undergo testing if they’re vaccinated.

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With hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks
2 years, 6 months ago

With hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks

Associated Press  

NICE, France — Tourism is booming again in France — and so is COVID-19. French officials have “invited” or “recommended” people to go back to using face masks but stopped short of renewing restrictions that would scare visitors away or revive antigovernment protests. After the prime minister this week recommended that people resume wearing masks on public transportation, commuter Raphaelle …

Travelling abroad this summer? You may still need a coronavirus pass
2 years, 7 months ago

Travelling abroad this summer? You may still need a coronavirus pass

Dutch News  

Regional health boards are expecting a run on coronavirus vaccinations heading into the summer now that the European Union has extended its vaccine passport for a year, the Telegraaf reported on Wednesday. ‘If the coronavirus entry pass remains in force in a certain country, then we expect the number of booster vaccinations to increase as we head towards the summer …

Travelling abroad this summer? You may still need a coronavirus pass
2 years, 7 months ago

Travelling abroad this summer? You may still need a coronavirus pass

Dutch News  

Regional health boards are expecting a run on coronavirus vaccinations heading into the summer now that the European Union has extended its vaccine passport for a year, the Telegraaf reported on Wednesday. ‘If the coronavirus entry pass remains in force in a certain country, then we expect the number of booster vaccinations to increase as we head towards the summer …

France reopens to unvaccinated travellers
2 years, 9 months ago

France reopens to unvaccinated travellers

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy From today, France will reopen to unvaccinated travellers after a months-long ban, the country’s consul général …

France is the latest in Europe to lift most COVID restrictions, even for the unvaccinated
2 years, 9 months ago

France is the latest in Europe to lift most COVID restrictions, even for the unvaccinated

LA Times  

France lifted most COVID-19 restrictions Monday, abolishing the requirement for face masks in most settings and allowing unvaccinated people back into restaurants, sports arenas and other venues. Starting Monday, people aren’t required any longer to show proof of vaccination to enter places such as restaurants and bars, cinemas, theaters and fairs or on interregional transportation systems such as trains. Unvaccinated …

COVID: France to start administering 4th vaccine dose
2 years, 9 months ago

COVID: France to start administering 4th vaccine dose

India TV News  

Highlights France will start offering fourth COVID vaccination shot on Mar 14 It'll be given to people who're over 80-years-old and have received their booster dose France is witnessing rebound of COVID pandemic cases On Monday, France will start offering a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 80 years old who have received their booster dose, French Prime Minister …

Spain, France and Norway ease Covid travel rules
2 years, 10 months ago

Spain, France and Norway ease Covid travel rules

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The French Embassy in London says: “Vaccinated people do not need to take any Covid-19 travel tests before they travel …

France drops Covid test demand for fully vaccinated British visitors
2 years, 10 months ago

France drops Covid test demand for fully vaccinated British visitors

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British visitors heading for France for half-term holidays will no longer need a pre-departure Covid test …

Abcarian: How to persuade the unvaccinated? Follow the French
2 years, 11 months ago

Abcarian: How to persuade the unvaccinated? Follow the French

LA Times  

French President Emmanuel Macron provoked outcries and protests by using a vulgarity to describe his strategy for pressuring vaccine refusers to get coronavirus jabs. Too many parents were receiving medical or personal belief exemptions from school vaccine requirements, allowing childhood vaccination rates to fall — precipitously in some counties. Medical exemptions exist for children such as Rhett Krawitt, a Marin …

No vaccine? No cafe, according to new French virus law
2 years, 11 months ago

No vaccine? No cafe, according to new French virus law

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s parliament approved a law Sunday that will exclude unvaccinated people from all restaurants, sports arenas and other venues, the central measure of government efforts to protect hospitals amid record numbers of infections driven by the highly contagious omicron variant. Macron’s government is hoping the new pass will be enough to limit the number of patients filling up …

France hits staggering new case record, Europe’s highest
3 years ago

France hits staggering new case record, Europe’s highest

Associated Press  

PARIS — France announced a staggering 332,252 daily virus cases Wednesday, smashing a string of recent records, as hospitals prepared drastic measures to brace for patient surges and the government strained to avoid a new lockdown. With Europe’s highest-ever single-day confirmed infection count, France is facing an omicron-driven surge that is dominating the race for April’s presidential election and increasingly …

France ups pressure on unvaccinated amid record infections
3 years ago

France ups pressure on unvaccinated amid record infections

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus shots, as the country reported 208,000 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday — a record fueled by the omicron variant. Speaking to those not vaccinated, he said: “There is really little chance that this time you can escape : The virus is spreading too …

COVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care
3 years ago

COVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care

Associated Press  

MARSEILLE, France — From the intensive care ward in France where he is spending the holidays, COVID-19 patient David Daniel Sebbagh said he has one overriding regret: that he didn’t get vaccinated. “It’s choosing life.” The ICU’s chief doctor, Dr. Julien Carvelli, is trying to keep his team motivated as they spend another Christmas tending to patients on breathing machines, …

France urges vaccine uptake, bans New Year’s concerts
3 years ago

France urges vaccine uptake, bans New Year’s concerts

Associated Press  

PARIS — French authorities on Friday urged people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus ahead of the holiday festivities as infections surge and the government tries to avoid another lockdown. To curb the spread of the virus during the holidays, the government banned public concerts and fireworks displays at New Year’s celebrations and called on people to avoid large gatherings …

France opts for third COVID-19 booster shots, not lockdown, to fight new wave of infections
3 years, 1 month ago

France opts for third COVID-19 booster shots, not lockdown, to fight new wave of infections

Firstpost  

The country in the last few days has seen a spike in daily new cases rising above the 30,000 mark, and virus-related hospitalisations and deaths soaring Paris: France launched a plan Thursday to give COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, as it opted against a further lockdown or curfew to help combat a worrying uptick in infections in the country. …

France To Announce COVID-19 Booster Shots For All Adults
3 years, 1 month ago

France To Announce COVID-19 Booster Shots For All Adults

News 18  

France is expected to announce that COVID-19 booster shots will be made available to all adults as well as stricter rules on wearing face masks and more stringent health pass checks to curb a new wave of infections, French media reported. President Emmanuel Macron’s government on Wednesday said it would focus on tougher social distancing rules and a faster booster …

France steps up virus booster campaign as infections rise
3 years, 2 months ago

France steps up virus booster campaign as infections rise

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy French President Emmanuel Macron issued …

A shot in each arm: France vaccinates against flu and COVID-19
3 years, 2 months ago

A shot in each arm: France vaccinates against flu and COVID-19

LA Times  

Worried over a potential winter double whammy, France is forging ahead with a nationwide flu vaccination and COVID-19 booster shot program, offering simultaneous jabs to millions of at-risk people. The annual flu vaccination campaign kicked off Friday, four days earlier than initially planned, dovetailing with France’s COVID-19 immunization program, which in addition to trying to reach those who remain unvaccinated …

Vaccine havens: Canada and the other countries welcoming vaccinated travellers only
3 years, 2 months ago

Vaccine havens: Canada and the other countries welcoming vaccinated travellers only

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Canada open image in gallery The Toronto skyline, Canada Canada is now open to fully vaccinated international travellers, who no …

Unvaccinated French health care workers face suspension
3 years, 3 months ago

Unvaccinated French health care workers face suspension

Associated Press  

PARIS — Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting Wednesday if they haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. “It’s aimed at one thing: protecting hospitals, protecting health care workers, protecting our fragile populations,” government spokesman Gabriel Attal said Wednesday. We are making everyone take responsibility.” More than 90% of French health care workers are vaccinated, Attal said, …

France begins requiring COVID-19 health pass in restaurants and on trains
3 years, 5 months ago

France begins requiring COVID-19 health pass in restaurants and on trains

LA Times  

A security officer checks passengers’ digital health passes at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris on Monday. France took a big step Monday into a post-pandemic future by requiring people to show a QR code proving they have a special health pass before they can enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country. The pass is now …

Aid group vaccinates migrants as France expands virus pass
3 years, 5 months ago

Aid group vaccinates migrants as France expands virus pass

Associated Press  

PARIS — Vaccination rates are picking up again in France as the government requires a virus pass for more and more activities — but social workers worry that the measure will further marginalize migrants and other poor populations. So aid group Doctors Without Borders has set up a tent this summer in northeast Paris to vaccinate migrants, homeless people and …

Europe on vacation, but vaccinations not taking a break
3 years, 5 months ago

Europe on vacation, but vaccinations not taking a break

Associated Press  

CARRY-LE-ROUET, France — Europe’s famed summer holiday season is in full swing, but efforts to inoculate people against the coronavirus are not taking a break. From France’s sun-kissed Mediterranean coast to the azure waters of Italy’s Adriatic beaches and Russian Black Sea resorts, health authorities are trying to make a COVID-19 shot as much part of this summer as sunscreen …

England scraps quarantine for fully vaccinated EU, US visitors
3 years, 5 months ago

England scraps quarantine for fully vaccinated EU, US visitors

Al Jazeera  

Fully vaccinated people from the US and the EU will be allowed to travel to England in a boost for travel industry. England will allow fully vaccinated visitors from the European Union and United States to arrive without needing to quarantine from next week, in a huge and long-awaited boost for airlines and travel companies. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson …

France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel
3 years, 5 months ago

France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel

NPR  

France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel Enlarge this image toggle caption Rafael Yaghobzadeh/AP Rafael Yaghobzadeh/AP PARIS — France's parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers. It also requires a "health pass" to enter all restaurants, trains, …

French parliament OKs restaurant COVID pass, vaccine rules
3 years, 5 months ago

French parliament OKs restaurant COVID pass, vaccine rules

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers. About 160,000 people protested around France on Saturday against a special COVID-19 pass for restaurants and mandatory vaccinations for health workers. Visiting a hospital in French Polynesia afterward, Macron urged national unity and asked, …

French protesters reject virus passes, vaccine mandate
3 years, 5 months ago

French protesters reject virus passes, vaccine mandate

Associated Press  

PARIS — Some 160,000 people, including far-right activists and members of France’s yellow vest movement, protested Saturday across the country against a bill requiring everyone to have a special virus pass to enter restaurants and mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all health care workers. I think a part of France is always going to be unwilling and that blackmail and threats …

France rolls out Covid app required to enter cinemas and museums as cases surge
3 years, 5 months ago

France rolls out Covid app required to enter cinemas and museums as cases surge

The Independent  

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Good News: Adar Poonawalla after 16 European nations recognise Covishield
3 years, 5 months ago

Good News: Adar Poonawalla after 16 European nations recognise Covishield

India TV News  

Chief Executive Officer and owner of the Serum Institute of India on Saturday said that it was good news for international travellers that Covishield, the Indian version of the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine was now recognised and accepted by 16 European countries. “It is indeed good news for travellers, as we see sixteen European countries recognising Covishield as an acceptable vaccine for …

Serum Institute's Covishield vaccine gets nod from France for travel
3 years, 5 months ago

Serum Institute's Covishield vaccine gets nod from France for travel

Firstpost  

The move to accept visitors vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s vaccine made by SII came after a global outcry over the fact that the EU’s selective approval was discriminatory Paris: France will allow international travelers who have had AstraZeneca’s Indian-manufactured vaccine into the country starting Sunday. The move to accept visitors vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s vaccine made by India’s Serum Institute came after …

France allows visitors inoculated with India's Covishield vaccine
3 years, 5 months ago

France allows visitors inoculated with India's Covishield vaccine

India TV News  

France will allow international travellers who have had AstraZeneca's Indian-manufactured vaccine into the country starting Sunday. The move to accept visitors vaccinated with AstraZeneca's vaccine made by India's Serum Institute came after a global outcry over the fact that the European Union's COVID-19 certificate only recognises AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in Europe. Starting Sunday, France will also start requiring anyone who …

France opens doors to vaccinated travellers, restricts others
3 years, 5 months ago

France opens doors to vaccinated travellers, restricts others

India Today  

France will reinforce restrictions on unvaccinated travellers from a series of countries to counter a rebound in Covid-19 infections while opening its doors to those who have received all their shots, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Saturday. The move comes as France faces a rapid surge in new coronavirus infections and President Emmanuel Macron tries to convince French citizens …

France requires negative coronavirus test no older than 24 hours from travelers from NL
3 years, 5 months ago

France requires negative coronavirus test no older than 24 hours from travelers from NL

NL Times  

France has tightening its entry policy for travelers from the Netherlands and other high-risk areas in Europe. Starting at midnight on Sunday, travelers from the Netherlands who are not yet fully vaccinated must be able to show a negative PCR or antigen test no older than 24 hours. “Due the spread of the coronavirus being on the rise again at …

EU paves the way for test-free cross border travel using coronavirus app
3 years, 6 months ago

EU paves the way for test-free cross border travel using coronavirus app

Dutch News  

EU member states have reached agreement on how to organise cross border travel this summer and have decided people who have been fully vaccinated won’t have to take a coronavirus test or go into quarantine. The 27 member states, including the Netherlands, backed a European Commission proposal which clears the way for free travel for people who have been fully …

EU paves the way for test-free cross border travel using coronavirus app
3 years, 6 months ago

EU paves the way for test-free cross border travel using coronavirus app

Dutch News  

EU member states have reached agreement on how to organise cross border travel this summer and have decided people who have been fully vaccinated won’t have to take a coronavirus test or go into quarantine. The 27 member states, including the Netherlands, backed a European Commission proposal which clears the way for free travel for people who have been fully …

EU easing travel rules for those vaccinated against Covid; NL to register vaccines given abroad
3 years, 6 months ago

EU easing travel rules for those vaccinated against Covid; NL to register vaccines given abroad

NL Times  

EU member states have approved a modified proposal intended to allow fully vaccinated European residents to travel freely within the Union this summer. Travelers who have been fully vaccinated for 14 days will be able to cross the borders of the 27 EU countries without quarantine, and without showing a negative coronavirus test result. The European Commission that 12 of …

Bonjour! France welcoming back (vaccinated) tourists
3 years, 7 months ago

Bonjour! France welcoming back (vaccinated) tourists

Associated Press  

A stroll in Pablo Picasso’s footsteps in Montmartre; breathing in the scents of Provence; a walk along D-Day beaches: These and all of France’s other attractions will again become easily accessible from next week to most foreign tourists — if they are vaccinated. For French tour guide Linda Zenou, the return of foreign visitors cannot come soon enough: unemployment payments …

France will allow fully vaccinated Britons in for holidays from June 9
3 years, 7 months ago

France will allow fully vaccinated Britons in for holidays from June 9

Daily Mail  

British tourists who are fully vaccinated against Coronavirus will be able to enter France with proof of a negative antigen test from next week and do not need a 'compelling reason' to be in the country, it was revealed today. Holiday HELL for 112,000 Britons left with four days to flee Portugal to avoid quarantine as flights home soar to …

Spain Allows Vaccinated Travellers from Non-EU Countries for Tourism from June 7
3 years, 7 months ago

Spain Allows Vaccinated Travellers from Non-EU Countries for Tourism from June 7

News 18  

Spain will let people from non-EU countries who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 enter the country from June 7, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday. The new rule will apply to vaccinated travellers regardless of their country of origin, and most notably from the United States, Sanchez said in a speech at the FITUR international tourism trade fair in …

European Union agrees to open doors to vaccinated foreigners
3 years, 7 months ago

European Union agrees to open doors to vaccinated foreigners

India Today  

European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to ease Covid-19 travel restrictions on non-EU visitors ahead of the summer tourist season, a move that could open the bloc's door to all Britons and to vaccinated Americans. Ambassadors from the 27 EU countries approved a European Commission proposal from May 3 to loosen the criteria to determine "safe" countries and to let …

EU agrees to allow entry to vaccinated travelers
3 years, 7 months ago

EU agrees to allow entry to vaccinated travelers

CNN  

CNN — Almost a year after closing its borders, the European Union has agreed to allow entry to vaccinated travelers from countries with low infection rates, raising the possibility of summer getaways to the continent. The proposals were first published by the European Union earlier this month after bloc member Greece announced that it would be welcoming fully vaccinated or …

Vaccinated U.S. Travelers Will Be Allowed To Visit Europe Again Starting This Summer
3 years, 8 months ago

Vaccinated U.S. Travelers Will Be Allowed To Visit Europe Again Starting This Summer

NPR  

Vaccinated U.S. Travelers Will Be Allowed To Visit Europe Again Starting This Summer Enlarge this image toggle caption Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images American tourists who have been fully vaccinated will be allowed to visit the European Union this summer, according to officials in Brussels. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said …

Fears And Misconceptions Over AstraZeneca Vaccine In France Persist
3 years, 9 months ago

Fears And Misconceptions Over AstraZeneca Vaccine In France Persist

NPR  

Fears And Misconceptions Over AstraZeneca Vaccine In France Persist Controversy over the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in France has health experts worried doses are going unused and could lead to "vaccine shopping." REBECCA ROSMAN, BYLINE: Dr. Luc Duquesnel breathed a sigh of relief late last month when his hospital in northwest France finally got its first shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccine. …

After mixed messages, Europe warns against vaccine shopping
3 years, 10 months ago

After mixed messages, Europe warns against vaccine shopping

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy First, France s president suggested …

After mixed messages, Europe warns against vaccine shopping
3 years, 10 months ago

After mixed messages, Europe warns against vaccine shopping

Associated Press  

PARIS — First, France’s president suggested that the AstraZeneca vaccine was “quasi-ineffective” in protecting older people from COVID-19. Top German officials on Friday argued against “vaccine shopping” and urged people to take whatever potential protection they’re offered. But new data on its effectiveness — and pressure to accelerate the EU’s slow vaccine rollout and utilize unused AstraZeneca doses — prompted …

France could block Covid-19 vaccine shipments as Italy did on Thursday
3 years, 10 months ago

France could block Covid-19 vaccine shipments as Italy did on Thursday

CNN  

CNN — France said Friday it may follow Italy in blocking Covid-19 vaccine shipments as concerns about vaccine nationalism rise. The comments by French Health Minister Olivier Véran came the day after Rome invoked European Union powers to block the export of 250,000 Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Australia, in a dramatic escalation of a dispute between the bloc and …

New study suggests Covid-19 presence in France in November 2019
3 years, 10 months ago

New study suggests Covid-19 presence in France in November 2019

India TV News  

A study on serum samples of over 9,000 French adults has suggested that the novel coronavirus might have been present in the country as early as November 2019, as some sampled between that month and January 2020 tested positive for antibodies against the virus. Strikingly, 13 participants with positive IgG and neutralising anti-bodies were sampled between November 5, 2019, and …

French vaccine rollout slowed by focus on elderly, red tape
4 years ago

French vaccine rollout slowed by focus on elderly, red tape

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The few hours it took …

France’s go-slow coronavirus vaccination strategy backfires
4 years ago

France’s go-slow coronavirus vaccination strategy backfires

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s cautious approach to rolling out a coronavirus vaccination program appears to have backfired, leaving barely 500 people inoculated in the first week and rekindling anger over the government’s handling of the pandemic. Amid public outcry, the health minister vowed Monday to step up the pace, and made a belated public plea on behalf of the vaccine, saying …

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