France opens to EU travellers but US, UK still 'orange'

People wait following the injection of a dose of the ‘Comirnaty’ Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in a vaccination center in Nantes as part of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination campaign in France

France said Friday it will fully open its borders to EU residents from June 9, but even vaccinated travellers from ‘orange’ Britain and the United States still need a negative Covid test. Visitors from the EU will not have to provide a negative antigen or PCR test if they have had a full course of one of the four vaccines authorised by the bloc. The eased rules also apply to seven countries deemed ‘green’ -- Australia, South Korea, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand and Singapore. The measures are part of plans to start easing border controls and help France's crucial tourism industry as the country emerges from its third coronavirus lockdown.