French coronavirus quarantine to spare travelers from Schengen area and UK

France said Sunday that it would not quarantine anyone arriving from the European Union, the Schengen area or Britain due to the coronavirus, as it prepares to start easing lockdown measures from May 11 after two months of restriction.

On Saturday, the government decided to extend its "state of health emergency" until at least July 24, and anyone entering France would have to remain in isolation for two weeks.

But the quarantine rules would not apply to "anyone arriving from the EU, the Schengen zone or Britain, regardless of their nationality", the presidency said on Sunday.

And for French and EU citizens arriving in France from other regions outside the EU, the Schengen area and Britain, "the rules will be announced in the coming days", the presidency said.

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