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AFP) \u2014 France will soon drop its requirement of a negative COVID test for vaccinated travellers from outside the European Union, as daily infection numbers continue to fall, Europe Minister Clement Beaune said Tuesday.<\/p>

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\u201cWe again required tests in December over the Omicron variant. In the coming days we will announce that tests are no longer needed for vaccinated people,\u201d Beaune told France 2 television.<\/p>\n

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Currently anyone coming from outside the EU, including Britain, has to show a negative test result from the previous 48 hours, regardless of vaccination status.<\/p>

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\u201cThis week there will probably be a new European protocol for vaccinated people arriving from outside the EU, with eased measures,\u201d he added.<\/p>

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EU members agreed on January 25 to better coordinate their travel rules, in particular for people crossing borders within the bloc.<\/p>\n

The Omicron surge prompted Italy and Denmark, for example, to impose recent negative test requirements for entry by fellow EU residents as well as vaccination proof, a tightening of the rules that irritated officials in Brussels.<\/p>

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French authorities began lifting a series of COVID restrictions this month, with nightclubs set to reopen from February 16 and standing areas once again authorised for concerts and sporting events as well as bars.<\/p>\n

The country recorded 46,001 COVID cases on Monday, a sharp drop from the record of just under 465,000 infections in mid-January.<\/p>

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