Travelers arriving in France from South Africa with a complete vaccination schedule are no longer subject to a ten-day quarantine, according to a decree published on Thursday. South Africa moving from the “scarlet red” category to the “red” category, the ten-day quarantine remains mandatory only for travelers whose vaccination schedule is not complete. Travelers are still required to present, prior to departure from South Africa, a RT-PCR or negative antigen test of less than 48 hours for mainland France, less than 24 hours for overseas territories. In addition, to get to Réunion or Mayotte from South Africa, the overriding reason remains mandatory.
Complying with European recommendations, the French government announced at the end of November the immediate suspension of arrivals from southern Africa, following the discovery of a new variant of Covid-19 in South Africa.