Quarantine for neighboring countries: why Berset wants to treat Parisians differently from Alsatians



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German tourists are threatened with quarantine after returning home from Vaud and Geneva. The same could soon be true for travelers returning to Switzerland from Paris or the south of France.

Does the quarantine obligation for travelers come from France?  A guard at the Goumois border crossing.

Does the quarantine obligation for travelers come from France? A guard at the Goumois border crossing.

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On Friday, the Federal Council will address the sensitive question of whether a quarantine obligation should apply to travelers from France in the future. Due to the high number of infections – currently 139 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days – France has met the Swiss criteria for a risk country for some time. Indeed The Federal Council has walked away so farputting the neighboring country on the risk list, especially since tens of thousands of cross-border travelers come to work in Switzerland every day.

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