
France cuts isolation times and plans crackdown on unvaccinated amid record surge in Covid cases
CNN
The Omicron variant is spreading rapidly across France prompting the government to ease Covid-19 isolation rules and consider tightening the screws on the unvaccinated on Monday in a bid to ease the financial and social burdens of the outbreak.
Self-isolation times for fully vaccinated people who test positive will drop from 10 days to seven on Monday -- and can be cut down to five days with a negative test result, Health Minister Olivier Véran told the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche on Saturday.
"Unvaccinated people will have to isolate themselves for 10 days, with a possible exit after seven days under the same conditions," Véran said.

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