A fine of 1,500 euros to travelers who break the quarantine in France

Travelers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and South Africa risk a fine of 1,500 euros if they do not comply with the mandatory quarantine upon their arrival in France, as announced today by the representative of the French government.

There will be fines, I believe they will be 1,500 euros, 3,000 in case of recurrence“This seems to me to be completely dissuasive and a very strict framework,” government spokesman Gabriel Atal told Europe 1 radio station.

“When you arrive, instead of there being a request for self-isolation as it is today, you will be obliged to isolate yourself with a prefectural order issued in your name” for a period of ten days and will be checked by the police, the gendarmerie, that will allow it to be verified that you were actually in the place where you should be in isolation, he confirmed.

According to AMPE, the France announced on Saturday the implementation of a mandatory ten-day quarantine for travelers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and South Africa, due to concerns about the strained strains of the new coronavirus.

At the same time, Paris suspended air connections with Brazil until this Friday, although those with Argentina, Chile and South Africa were maintained, where, according to Paris, the presence of variant strains of the virus “does not reach the levels observed in Brazil”.

This measure will gradually enter into force until its full implementation on Saturday, April 24 and will also apply to visitors from Guyana.

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