France to step up border controls over Covid-19 worries

French Health Minister Olivier Veran says border control means will be specified in the next 24 to 48 hours



A board shows precautions to visit the Christmas market in Strasbourg, eastern France. — AP
A board shows precautions to visit the Christmas market in Strasbourg, eastern France. — AP

By Reuters

Published: Fri 26 Nov 2021, 12:20 AM

France will increase controls at its borders to try to tackle a rise in coronavirus infections, Health Minister Olivier Veran said in a televised interview on Thursday.

“We will reinforce them with multiple means,” Veran told broadcaster TF1, adding that “this will be specified in the next 24 to 48 hours”.

France said on Thursday it would make Covid-19 booster shots available to all adults, toughen rules on wearing face masks and ramp up health pass checks as it seeks to curb a fifth wave of infections that risks undermining its economic recovery.


More news from
Can Germany forego heritage and embrace electric vehicles?

opinion

Can Germany forego heritage and embrace electric vehicles?

As countries across the world attempt to slow global warming, the switch to electric vehicles is particularly significant. But that requires wrenching change that is a death knell for hundreds of companies that make components for conventional engines. They will be obsolete in an EV world

opinion

Waking up to the world's water crisis

opinion

Waking up to the world's water crisis

While concerns about the geopolitical order, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic have understandably been in the spotlight, water is rarely discussed outside the context of humanitarian responses to local, national, or transboundary floods or droughts

opinion