Last night, France’s 100,000 instances in the last seven days surpassed the 20 mark, placing it on the risk list.
The country saw a 66% increase in cases last week, forcing the government to act. Malta and the Netherlands have also been removed from the un quarantined travel list.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has updated its recommendation to warn against any essential trip to the country for the threat of coronavirus as well.
Everyone is quarantined for two weeks if they return to the UK after 4am on Saturday.
But with full flights and the crowded English Channel tunnel, many won’t meet the deadline.
It is estimated that around 160,000 Britons are in France lately, for the government.
The government has stated that it will constantly review travel recommendations for all countries and review the bodies to make a decision on whether adjustments are needed.
Transport Secretary Shapps told Radio Four this morning: “In France, the numbers have exceeded the threshold, which is approximately 20 cases consistent with 100,000 but measured over an average of seven days.”
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, which measures instances in a two-week slip consistent with the period, says Iceland has 31.1 instances consisting of 100,000, just below France of 32.1, and may be the next country to be added.
Denmark has 24.7 per 100,000, Poland 24.4 and Cyprus 24.1.
By comparison, the UK has 18.5 consistent with 100,000 in the two weeks of data.
What we know so far:
Anyone who lands in the country, no matter where it comes from, will have to fill out a form telling the government where it will stay.
People who need to be quarantined face sporadic calls and controls to make sure they isolate themselves if, and face fines if they are arrested.
The move triggered a massive wave of tourists hoping to return to the UK before the deadline.
P&O ferries said it had seen 8,000 people looking at their website today for bookings back to the UK from France.
Trains in the English Channel Tunnel are complete until Saturday.
Eurotunnel Le Shuttle said in a statement: “Due to the recent announcement from the government, our ferries are complete until morning.
“There is no longer ticket availability and we sell tickets at check-in.
“Please don’t get to the terminal unless you have a valid price ticket until today.”
Shapps warned others not to show up at ports to verify and obtain a seat.
“The recommendation of all tour operators is very clear: touch them in advance. Don’t show up,” he said.
“Because you’ll almost be disappointed and it’ll only create queues, which no one needs to see.”
He said tourists should not be “completely surprised” by the adjustments, as the government had warned that this could happen.
“I who, given what has happened this summer, given what has already happened in put as Spain and the wonderful policy of considerations in France and elsewhere, no one will be completely surprised,” he added.
“But I sympathize with people. Like I said, I went there and ended up having to be quarantined.”
The British had trouble coming back if they could.
Nurse Helen Gandy in France told the BBC: “When we left, infection rates were low, now we have to quarantine ourselves when we return.
“We are about 8.5 hours from Calais in the south. We booked a shuttle service. We hope to take a crossing first. It also increases stress.
“We’re just a few hours away from the 4am break, which is frustrating.”
Ian, who has been in France since 7 August, rushed to his computer to get tickets back to the UK as soon as he heard the news last night.
He said: “We immediately saw that France was added to the list, we entered 3 computers at other booking sites, we were very fortunate and they gave us a ferry crossing from Dunkirk.”
Boris Johnson said he will have to be “absolutely ruthless” to impose travel rules, “even with our closest and dearest friends and partners.”
On Friday, the value of seats on a British Airways flight from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Heathrow quadrupled, from one hundred to 407 euros, after the government’s announcement.
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