The countries concerned by the suspension are Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Le Monde With Reuters
In order to counter the propagation of the Omicron variant, which appeared in South Africa, France has decided to extend the suspension of flights from seven southern African countries, decreed last Friday, announced Clément Beaune Wednesday 1 er December on RTL. The countries concerned are Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
“Twenty-three European countries have taken the same measures of access or suspension of flights,” the Secretary of State recalled to European affairs. Last country, Spain, which decided Tuesday to suspend flights since seven southern African countries from Thursday and until December 15, in order to “combat the propagation” of the Omicron variant.
A European protocol “extremely reinforced”
Clément Beaune announced that a “extremely reinforced” European protocol, currently being discussed between the twenty-seven, would take over. It will include restrictions already taken against “red list” countries in previous CVIV-19 propagation waves (“test on arrival, test and isolation”). “We will probably go further,” said the Secretary of State, explaining that even vaccinated people should probably submit to a test to travel between France and these southern African countries.