France is ready to place tighter rules and will impose a compulsory quarantine on travelers arrivals from the UK who are not French residents to curb the spread of the coronavirus variant first identified in India, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Britons and other non-EU arrivals will again have to prove that they have a “compelling reason” to enter France, it said. However, the ministry did not define “compelling”, but the government has previously said that family, health, or professional reasons could be acceptable.

Earlier in March, France has relaxed that requirement for the United Kindom and several other non-members of the EU.

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From Monday again, the “compelling reasons will be required for non-EU foreigners who are not residents in France and who come to France from the United Kingdom”, the ministry said in a statement. Also, the visitors would have to self-isolate themselves for Seven days on their arrival.

As for now, there would be “no systematic checks” to ensure compliance with the requirement, “given the low incidence of Covid in Britain,” the ministry added.  Meanwhile, visitors from Britain will have to produce a PCR or antigen test carried out less than 48 hours to be allowed into the country.

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France has already imposed a quarantine order for arrivals from Brazil, India, Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Colombia, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Bahrain, Turkey, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. 

France Police is authorized to carry out random spot checks to ensure that quarantine rules are being followed, with non-compliance punished with fines of up to 1,500 euros ($1,800).

Last week, France reported an average of 8,858 cases per day, cases have decreased by 46% from the average two weeks ago. A WHO report showed that the coronavirus variant first detected in India has been officially recorded in 53 territories.