France is imposing new Covid-19 border restrictions from Sunday, but has again resisted a new nationwide lockdown.
All but essential travel from outside the EU will be banned and testing requirements on travellers from within the EU will be tightened.
PM Jean Castex said France’s night curfew would be more tightly enforced and large shopping centres would close.
But the measures were seen as mild and favouring the economy. Some doctors fear they will not curb infections.
The new border restrictions will affect the UK, now no longer in the EU, but its transport minister clarified on Twitter that the change would not impact hauliers transporting goods to or from the UK.
