France has relaxed isolation rules for people infected with Covid-19 as the country grapples with staff absences driven by a spike in Omicron cases.
From Monday, fully vaccinated people who test positive will only have to quarantine for seven days instead of the previous 10.
But they can end their isolation after five days if they receive a negative antigen or PCR test.
There will be no quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated people who come into contact with a positive case.
In the UK, there have been calls to follow a US decision to reduce quarantine to five days for fully vaccinated people.
But the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says doing so would be counterproductive and could actually worsen staff shortages.
People in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who have Covid can stop self-isolating after seven days if they test negative consecutively on day six and day seven.
BBC
( Editor, Omor Bazuaye )
