France bans unvaccinated US tourists from entering the country after nearly two weeks The European Union removed the US from its safe travel list as the delta variant continues to cause a spike in cases.
French government led by the President Emmanuel Macron, announced on Thursday that the US would move from the green travel list to the orange list on September 12, effectively banning non-essential travel to France for unvaccinated visitors.
The rules have not changed for vaccinated travelers from the US, however, who are still able to travel to France, provided they show proof of full vaccination.
Only four vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency – Pfizer, Moderna, astraZeneca, And johnson and johnson – Accepted for travelers entering France from any country.
The French government led by President Emmanuel Macron, holding the mic, said unaffiliated Americans would be barred from entering the country for non-essential travel from September 12. Macron pictured during a news conference on Friday
US tourists must provide proof of vaccination to travel to France and its attractions
Tours of the Eiffel Tower require people to display proof of vaccination or a negative test result
This means that all fully vaccinated US travelers are welcome as the US has vaccinated Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
Non-vaccinated travelers who have ‘essential reasons’ to travel to France must provide a negative COVID-19 test before travel and isolate for seven days upon arrival, USA Today informed of.
France already requires proof of vaccination or a negative test result for people to eat in restaurants, ride trains or visit popular sites such as the Eiffel Tower and other national monuments and museums.
Anyone wishing to visit France must fill out an application for a COVID certificate with the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and his government issued an order banning unvaccinated travelers from the US. Biden has yet to reopen US to EU tourists
France’s crackdown on non-vaccinated Americans comes after a wave of other EU countries banning tourists from the US.
Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain have all made similar requirements that US travelers show proof of vaccination, and Sweden has barred all US arrivals regardless of vaccination status, CNN informed of.
Italy began requiring all visitors, including those from the US, to show a negative COVID-19 rest professor 72 hours before travel, whether or not they have been vaccinated.
Several European countries eased travel restrictions for the summer tourist season as COVID-19 cases began to decline in June.
However, the US began to see dramatic spikes in July and August due to the delta variant, with nearly 300,000 cases a day being reported several times in August.
on Friday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention More than 163,000 new cases were reported, and nearly 1,650 new deaths.
According to the CDC, more than 75% of adults eligible for the vaccine in the US have received at least one jab.
The sudden surge of cases prompted the European Union to recommend that its member states impose vaccine restrictions to curb the number of Americans arriving in Europe.
However, the guidance is non-binding. The EU has no unified COVID-19 tourism policy and national governments have the right to decide whether to keep their borders open to US tourists.
In early August, Germany added the US to its ‘high-risk’ zone list, requiring unvaccinated travelers to undergo quarantine or testing.
The recommendation does not apply to Britain, which formally left the European Union at the beginning of the year and opened its borders to fully vaccinated travelers from the US earlier this month.
The United States remains on the UK’s ‘amber’ travel list, meaning that adults coming to the UK from the US do not need to be fully vaccinated. A COVID-19 test is required three days before arrival in the UK and a second test is required two days after arrival.
The United States has yet to reopen its borders to EU tourists, despite calls by the Biden administration for the bloc to lift restrictions.
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