U.K. Tourists Face Chaos as France Added to Quarantine List

  • New rules also apply to Malta, Monaco, Turks and Caicos, Aruba
  • PM Johnson eases lockdown for leisure but raises penalty fines
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Hundreds of thousands of British tourists face being forced to self-isolate for two weeks on their return home after the government added France, the Netherlands and Malta to its list of virus trouble-spot destinations.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s administration warned Britons against all non-essential trips to these countries and said the quarantine requirement would come into force from 4 a.m. Saturday, sending travel industry stocks tumbling.