EPA
France is the second-most-visited nation for UK residents
Individuals coming to the UK from France and the Netherlands can be pressured to quarantine for 14 days from Saturday.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps stated the measure – which additionally applies to individuals travelling from Monaco, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba, would kick in from 04:00 BST.
He added that this was essential to hold coronavirus infections down.
The federal government’s determination follows a surge in instances in a number of European nations in latest weeks.
In accordance with the information firm Statista, individuals from the UK paid 10.35 million visits to France final yr, placing it second behind Spain – with 18.12 million – when it comes to recognition.
The quarantine measure was imposed for Spain on 25 July.
On Thursday, France reported 2,524 new coronavirus instances in 24 hours, the very best every day improve since its lockdown was lifted in Might.
The nation’s Prime Minister, Jean Castex, stated on Tuesday that coronavirus numbers had been going “the fallacious approach” for a fortnight.
Forward of a authorities assembly on quarantine measures on Thursday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to be “completely ruthless” in deciding on guidelines for holidaymakers from overseas.
“We won’t be remotely complacent about our personal state of affairs. All people understands that in a pandemic you do not permit our inhabitants to be re-infected or the illness to return again in,” he added.