France to impose mandatory COVID tests for travellers from China

France will require that travellers arriving from China provide a negative COVID-19 test result less than 48 hours old before departure, the health ministry said in a statement on Friday.

The test will be required on direct flights from China and flights with stopovers. Travellers on airplanes arriving from China will also have to wear masks.

No date was set for the introduction of the measures but a government decree will be published and notified to European Union member states, the ministry said.