<p>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>.<p>"We 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," Beaune told France 2 television.</p>.<p>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>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/whats-more-effective-against-omicron-two-covid-vaccine-doses-or-three-1079254.html">What's more effective against Omicron? Two Covid vaccine doses or three?</a></strong></p>.<p>"This week there will probably be a new European protocol for vaccinated people arriving from outside the EU, with eased measures," he added.</p>.<p>EU members agreed on January 25 to better coordinate their travel rules, in particular for people crossing borders within the bloc.</p>.<p>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>.<p>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>.<p>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>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>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>.<p>"We 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," Beaune told France 2 television.</p>.<p>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>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/whats-more-effective-against-omicron-two-covid-vaccine-doses-or-three-1079254.html">What's more effective against Omicron? Two Covid vaccine doses or three?</a></strong></p>.<p>"This week there will probably be a new European protocol for vaccinated people arriving from outside the EU, with eased measures," he added.</p>.<p>EU members agreed on January 25 to better coordinate their travel rules, in particular for people crossing borders within the bloc.</p>.<p>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>.<p>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>.<p>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>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>