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France to drop Covid test rule for vaccinated travellers from outside of the EU

A Covid-19 test board at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. © AFP/Eric Piermont

France will soon drop its requirement for vaccinated travellers from outside the European Union to produce a negative Covid test on entering the country as daily infection numbers continue to fall, Europe Minister Clement Beaune has said.

"We again required tests in December over the Omicron variant. In the coming days we will announce that tests are no longer needed for vaccinated people," Beaune told France 2 television.

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