France Calls "Excessive" UK COVID-19 Quarantine Rule "Discriminatory"

Arrivals from France are the only exception to UK's new rule which allows fully-vaccinated EU citizens to enter England without having to quarantine.

France said on Thursday it failed to understand why it was exempt from a new rule allowing fully-vaccinated European Union citizens to enter England without having to quarantine. From next week, travellers fully jabbed with a vaccine approved by the US Food and Drug Administration or the European Medicines Agency will be able to travel from any country on the British government's "amber" traffic light list without having to self-isolate at home for 10 days, the UK government said Wednesday. Arrivals from France are the only exception. "This decision is discriminatory towards French people," said French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune. "It is excessive and makes no sense in terms of health policy," he told the LCI TV channel, adding that "it has no foundation in science".