'Ridiculous', travellers dismayed by UK quarantine measures for France

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Travelers from Paris to the UK were disappointed after the UK government said it was scrapping the planned easing of coronavirus rules for visitors from France because of the fear of the Beta variant, first identified in South Africa

"It's incoherent and ... frustrating," said Vivien Saulais, a 30-year-old Frenchman on his way back to Britain, where he lives, after visiting his family.

Passengers wait on socially distanced chairs at Heathrow Airport amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in London, Britain July 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs Britain has the seventh highest COVID-19 death toll in the world, 128,708, and is forecast to soon have more new infections each day than it did at the height of a second wave of the virus earlier this year. On Sunday there were 48,161 new cases.

"It's totally ridiculous because the Beta variant in France is so low," said Francis Beart, a 70-year-old Briton who had travelled to France to see his partner but had cut short his visit to allow time for quarantine. "It's a bit cruel."

 

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