Jean Castex, announced this Friday that mandatory testing would be conducted “not later than 1 August” for the travelers coming from 16 countries.
The measures of restrictions are tightening : face the concerns of the scientific community and some doctors in recent days, the Prime minister, Jean Castex, announced this Friday that mandatory testing would be conducted “not later than 1 August” for the travelers coming from 16 countries where the virus Covid-19 “strongly flows”, including the United States and Algeria.
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Referring to “16 countries in the world where viral circulation is particularly strong,” the Prime minister has indicated that for these countries, the passenger will be required to have a test certifying that they are not carriers of the virus”. “We know that in a number of these countries, there is no screening strategy, and that access to tests is difficult, in consequence of which we decided to generalize the tests to the finish”, he added during a trip to Paris, stating that the positive cases will be placed in quatorzaine.
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What are the countries that are on the “red list” ?
The countries concerned are, according to the prime minister’s office :
– United States : the country is currently the most affected in the world, both in the number of deaths and number of cases, with 144 305 deaths for 4 038 864 identified cases, according to the counting of the Johns Hopkins university. At least 1 233 269 people have been declared cured.
– The united arab Emirates : according to the latest report, the country has 58 249 confirmed cases.
Bahrain : according to the latest report, the country has 37 996 confirmed cases.
– Panama : according to the latest report, the country has 56 817 confirmed cases.
South Africa : public schools have closed their doors for a month in the country, which has experienced an increase of nearly 60% of the total number of deaths natural in the last few weeks. According to the latest report, 408 052 people are contaminated on the territory.
– Kowëit : according to the latest report, the country has 62 625 confirmed cases.
– Qatar : according to the latest report, the country has registered 108 638 confirmed cases.
Israel : according to the latest report, the country has 58 559 confirmed cases.
Brazil : since the beginning of the pandemic, 84 082 have died of the coronavirus in the country, territory most affected by the disease in Latin America.
– Peru : according to the latest report, the country has registered 371 096-confirmed cases.
– Serbia according to the latest report, the country has 22 852 confirmed cases.
Algeria : according to the latest report, the country has 25 484 confirmed cases.
Turkey : according to the latest report, the country has registered 223 315 confirmed cases.
Madagascar : according to the latest report, the country saves 8 741 confirmed cases.
India : the country has exceeded the threshold of 30 000 deaths related to the Covid-19 on Friday, becoming the sixth country the more grief-stricken in the world by the epidemic. The figure of the indian authorities is however considered to be largely under-evaluated. To this day, nearly 1.3 million Indians have been tested positive for the coronavirus.
– Oman : according to the latest report, the country has 73 791 confirmed cases.
What about the Morocco ?
The country originally mentioned in the list of government sources, is not a “for now” on the list of the ministry, said the prime minister’s office, which states that “it is in discussion”.
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Jean Castex has also clarified that for 16 countries, “the border is closed,” noting that “the only movement of passengers concerns of the French citizens who reside in these countries or citizens of those countries who have a stable residence in France”. “It is not, therefore, flow massive”, he stressed, specifying for what concerns the generalization of the tests that the device “will rise in power to be fully operational in the next few days”.
