France lifts pandemic travel ban for Japan, 6 other nations

The French government said Thursday it will remove Japan and six other countries from a travel ban imposed on non-European Union nations since late January to prevent the spread of variants of the novel coronavirus.While the travel ban targeting non-essential trips will be dropped as of Friday for the seven countries, travelers between France and these countries will still be required to present documents proving they tested negative for the coronavirus 72 hours prior to departure, the French Foreign Ministry said.The six other countries include Australia, Britain and South Korea.The minist…READ FULL ARTICLE