Prognosis

Germany Raises Virus Warning for France After Latest Surge

  • Move means negative test needed before entering country
  • EU has another week of drama in its vaccination drive

Medical workers monitor Covid-19 patients at the Ambroise Pare Clinic in Paris.

Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
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Germany raised its Covid-19 warning for France as the European Union’s two biggest countries confront a resurgent pandemic that’s compounding political damage from chaotic vaccination rollouts.

Travelers from France will now have to be able to present a negative Covid test after Germany’s Robert Koch Institute health agency declared France a high-incidence virus area on Friday.