Holidaymakers scramble to get back to Britain as UK quarantine list changes
manchestereveningnews.co.ukcoronavirus risk in all six destinations. Department for Transport officials said data from France shows that over the past week there has been a 66% increase in newly reported Covid-19 cases and a 52% increase in the weekly incidence rate per 100,000 population, indicating a sharp rise in infections.The latest 14-day cumulative figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control show 32.1 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people in France, compared with 18.5 in the UK.The move will come as a bitter blow to the hard-pressed French tourism industry which relies heavily on visitors from the UK.France’s secretary of state for European affairs said the UK decision would lead to “reciprocal measures” across the Channel.Clement Beaune.
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