France imposes 10 day isolation

[Ningaloo]

Just as I am getting ready to head off! Breaking news so not clear how this might be implemented. Latest news suggests that arrivals from UK will have to isolate "at home" or at an approved address for 10 days
Wonder if my boat will meet either criteria?

 

[doug748]

Fast moving situations, lots of old stuff on't Net
Have you got a reference?

 

[mjcoon]

Just as I am getting ready to head off! Breaking news so not clear how this might be implemented. Latest news suggests that arrivals from UK will have to isolate "at home" or at an approved address for 20 days
Wonder if my boat will meet either criteria?

20 days is an unusually long period of isolation! What no tests involved?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

20 days is an unusually long period of isolation! What no tests involved?

It's 21 days for Hong Kong - and no entry for non-residents who have spent more than 2 hours in the UK.

PS: That's isolation as in being in a quarantine hotel, even for those who have accommodation in HK

 

[Roberto]

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[Bobc]

Or you could just fly into Santander and drive into France without any checks. Utterly ridiculous. Yet another knee-jerk announcement from Macron without any thought and any numbers to back it up.

News article here

 

[Sandy]

Or you could just fly into Santander and drive into France without any checks. Utterly ridiculous. Yet another knee-jerk announcement from Macron without any thought and any numbers to back it up.

News article here

Does Spain have a significant number of the "Indian" variant of COVID? Unfortunately the UK does, France is doing the right thing.

 

[newtothis]

Or you could just fly into Santander and drive into France without any checks. Utterly ridiculous. Yet another knee-jerk announcement from Macron without any thought and any numbers to back it up.

News article here

I have the same feeling about these utterly ridiculous murder laws. If you just do it without getting caught, it makes a mockery of the whole thing, so they should be torn up. It's just another knee-jerk reaction from politicians.

 

[Ningaloo]

20 days is an unusually long period of isolation! What no tests involved?

Typo. BBC is saying 10 days. My regular crew who lives in France called to give me the bad news.

 

[Bobc]

BBC now saying 7 days

 

[Graham376]

Does Spain have a significant number of the "Indian" variant of COVID? Unfortunately the UK does, France is doing the right thing.

Spain will soon have Indian variant if it doesn't already. They've announced UK tourists can enter without a test which in my mind is pretty stupid.

 

[Blueboatman]

Yup

Stupid is as stupid does

But MY holiday, MY choice comes first etc etc

 

[Bobc]

Spain will soon have Indian variant if it doesn't already. They've announced UK tourists can enter without a test which in my mind is pretty stupid.

That being my point in my earlier post. Brits can fly to Spain with no checks now, so how the hell are the French proposing to stop the variant getting into France from Spain. It's just gesture politics.

Surely it would make more sense to require a negative PCR test before being allowed in, then they can be sure that nobody is importing it, and ask Spain to do the same.

They would be better to accept that it's probably already there, and get themselves geared-up to find where it is and get people vaccinated ASAP.

 

[Stemar]

Macron has a reputation for doing things that are ineffective but cause a maximum of inconvenience.

A bit like Boris, really.

 

[Lightwave395]

I was heading to my boat next week.....
The key is less about the isolation required but more about who will be allowed in. The list is quite tight - 2nd home owners and presumably boat owners are not on it :

"The list of accepted reasons for vital travel previously published by France (with documents accepted as proof of travel) are as follows;

Family reasons

• The death of a parent, grandparent, child or sibling or visit to one of these family members who has received a terminal medical diagnosis (death certificate or doctor’s letter will be needed)
• Childcare by a parent or guardian with custody or visitation rights (court letter and proof of address)
• Providing vital assistance to a sick or disabled person (document establishing relationship)
• Travel for legal or judicial reasons (letter or summons)
• A legal or economic reason that makes it impossible to remain in the country you are travelling from eg the expiry of a residency card
• Travel for reasons of personal safety eg domestic violence or custody dispute (any documentation relating to the situation)
• Returning to your main residence (proof of residency eg carte de séjour, receipt of application for carte de séjour or proof of address, plus tickets showing your outward journey)
• Students beginning or ending a period of study (documentation from the place of study)

Health reasons

• Medical emergency (one person can accompany the sick person if necessary, doctor’s letter or hospital appointment card)

Work-related reasons

• Vital work requiring an in-person presence where the work cannot be cancelled or postponed without disproportionate consequences (attestation from employer plus professional card if applicable)
• Health professionals engaged in Covid-related work (professional ID)
• Diplomatic or state work trips which cannot be cancelled or postponed (professional ID and/or letters from relevant ministers)
• High-level sports professionals participating in fixtures approved by the sports minister (professional ID and documentation from the sports ministry)

Extra reasons

• Couples who are married or in a civil partnership where one of the members is living abroad for professional reasons
• Minor children attending school in France while the family home is established abroad
• Couples with children, one living in France, the other abroad and separated.
• Students taking a competitive examination"

Fuller details:

https://www.thelocal.fr/20210526/br...espid=ifhg8OlaCAyNOQvU8nSablPJQ3vZcShD3Q3iiiM

 

[doug748]

Al jezeera said on 30th April:

"Sporadic cases have also been detected in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal and Spain. On Thursday, Romania reported its first case."

So it's reasonable to assume that Europe will not find it easy to stamp out.

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[Bobc]

Al jezeera said on 30th April:

"Sporadic cases have also been detected in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal and Spain. On Thursday, Romania reported its first case."

So it's reasonable to assume that Europe will not find it easy to stamp out.

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Indeed. I can't help but feel they they're pointing their guns in the wrong direction.

 

[Koeketiene]

More here: Covid-19 : la France va mettre en place un "isolement obligatoire" pour les personnes en provenance du Royaume-Uni, annonce le gouvernement

Measure to take effect next Monday.
- 7 day quarantine
- PCR test <48 hrs (and not <72 as it used to be).

Germany and Austria have taken similar measures.

 

[Bobc]

More here: Covid-19 : la France va mettre en place un "isolement obligatoire" pour les personnes en provenance du Royaume-Uni, annonce le gouvernement

Measure to take effect next Monday.
- 7 day quarantine
- PCR test <48 hrs (and not <72 as it used to be).

Germany and Austria have taken similar measures.

Well and truly buggers-up my plans. Just had an email from Brittany Ferries yesterday saying that all sailings before the 20th June have been cancelled.

 

[Mark-1]

Well and truly buggers-up my plans. Just had an email from Brittany Ferries yesterday saying that all sailings before the 20th June have been cancelled.

If only you had some kind of boat.... ?


I jest