UK Lifts Covid Quarantine for Fully Vaccinated Travellers from France

England announced Wednesday that fully vaccinated travellers arriving from France will no longer have to quarantine.

Last week, London decided to waive the 10 days of self-isolation requirement for people coming from amber countries, which included the US and EU countries, provided they had been given both COVID-19 jabs.

However, France was still in the UK's "amber plus" category, meaning the quarantine restrictions remained in place.

The measure has sparked criticism from the French government who called the decision "discriminatory" and "scientifically unfounded". Moreover, Britons in France slammed the move, informing Euronews it was infuriating.

Currently, the UK government is lifting the quarantine requirement for arrivals from France. This change will be effective from 05:00 CEST on Sunday, August 8.

The Department for Transport said in a statement that the change is due to "the proportion of Beta variant cases has fallen."

On his part, French Minister for European Affairs Clément Beaune welcomed the announcement on Twitter, writing that "fruitful exchanges with our British partners have made this expected change possible."

In a separate note, UK experts are set to recommend all 16 and 17-year-olds to get Covid vaccine jabs, according to the BBC.

About 1.4 million teenagers will be included in the new rollout but it is not known when the jabs will start. They are only offered now to those over-12s who have underlying conditions or live with others at high risk.