France intends to impose a mandatory quarantine on visitors from Britain to prevent the spread of a worrying virus variant first detected in IndiaPARIS -- France will impose a mandatory quarantine on visitors from Britain to prevent the spread of a worrying virus variant first detected in India, the French government said Wednesday. From Sunday, Germany started requiring people arriving from the U.K. to go into quarantine for 14 days. The decision responded to the spread in Britain of the Indian variant. Under Germany's tighter rules, airlines and others are also only be able to transport German citizens and residents from Britain. The possibility of tighter French restrictions for British visitors was first raised Sunday by Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Source: ABC News May 26, 2021 12:33 UTC