France Thursday announced that residents in Algeria are banned from entering the French territory as part of the prevention against covid-19 pandemic that is fast spreading in the North African country. The European Union last week issued a list of non-European countries whose residents can enter the Schengen area as the 27-country bloc reopened its borders on July 1. The shortlist, drawn on the basis of the epidemiologic situation in relation to the coronavirus disease, included Algeria. The French consulate in Algiers said in a statement that Algeria has been removed from the shortlist and therefore its residents are banned from entering the Schengen area. The Algerian government Thursday banned traffic between the 29 most infected governorates in a bid to curb the spread of the respiratory disease.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 10, 2020 13:18 UTC