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France Backtracks on Virus Warning About Spain and Portugal

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By Gaspard Sebag and Henrique Almeida

July 9, 2021 at 7:50 AM UTC

France’s government attempted to calm fears about holidaying in Spain and Portugal, backtracking on a minister’s warning on Thursday about the rapid spread of the delta variant of Covid-19.

“Citizens who have booked holidays in Spain, Portugal or elsewhere shouldn’t panic,” French Health Minister Olivier Veran said Friday in a France Inter radio interview.