Travel to France

[GMJ]

I just notice this off the Government website...

If you have received a booster, you are considered fully vaccinated for entry into France. There is currently no expiry date for booster jabs. If you are aged 18 and over and have not received a booster, but have received two doses of a vaccine approved for use by France, then no more than 9 months must have passed since your second dose, to qualify as fully vaccinated.

Entry requirements - France travel advice

FCDO travel advice for France. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

www.gov.uk

So my reading is provided you have had at least 3 jabs you are free to travel to France. Prior to this I believe that it said that the injections had to be administered prior to 9 months/270 days before travel.

Good news for us when we go to Italy in August as I was looking at having to do a PCR test (hopefully Mrs G will have had her 4th jab by then).

 

[Moped]

Wonder how many who had the booster beyond the 270 days before entry to France paid for PCR tests?

And I am slightly worried as to what might happen in France whilst we are there over the next 3-4 months, given the significant rise in hospitalisations there.

Whilst we had the booster we think we both got it whilst in Spain earlier in the year although we never tested ourselves. Whatever it was fatigued me for 3 days and my throat was very sore but we recovered and carried on. The very wet March in Spain did not help!

 

[GMJ]

Given the rise in cases here as well, it is a little concerning (I read yesterday that Cyprus are bringing mask wearing back too). All we can hope is that countries will carry on 'powering through' given the relatively lighter effects of the Omicron variant(s) compared to the earlier versions. Not ideal but hopefully for you there will be no rule/border changes in the immediate future.