THOUSANDS of Brits have been forced to cancel trips at the last minute after holidays to France were thrown into chaos. Unlike other amber list countries, travellers from France will have to quaran…
This is because of fears over the rapidly-spreading South Africa variant,France will stay on the amber list for now - meaning returning travellers will be able to isolate at home rather than in pricey quarantine hotels.
One Brit on holiday in Veynes, France, told the Sun Online that they were trying to get back to the UK because they are "scared to death of more changes.""The message about the efficacy of our vaccines is now very mixed. Georgina Thomas, who is double-jabbed and lives in Buckinghamshire, has been visiting her parents in the countryside between La Rochelle and Bordeaux for the last three weeks with her one-year-old daughter Grace.
"I've changed back to August 23 because I've got two boys at school so if they have to quarantine I don't want them to miss any days of school." Gemma Antrobus, of the Association of Independent Tour Operators, told BBC Breakfast that the travel industry had not expected the measure. A Government source said last night: "There are concerns about the levels of the Beta variant in France, and the vaccine effectiveness.
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