paris travellers to france including french citizens returning home will face a compulsory twoweek quarantine and possible isolation when they arrive in the country to help slow the spread of coronavirus the health minister said on saturdayfrance which has been the fifthhardest hit country with 24594 deaths from covid19 is preparing to gradually lift lockdown measures from may 11the new quarantine rules however will be included in a decree specifying measures laid out in a bill extending a state of emergency until july 24 a move that allows the government to restrict freedom of movementthis quarantine will be imposed on any person returning on french soil health minister olivier veran told a press briefing after the weekly cabinet meetinghe said the duration and conditions of both quarantine for asymptomatic people and isolation for those showing symptoms of covid19 the flulike disease caused by the new coronavirus would be defined in a decree to be publisheddecisions to isolate people would be scrutinised by judges to ensure they are justified and fair he addedit was not immediately clear whether the quarantine would only apply to people arriving from outside europes openborder schengen area whether they would need to selfisolate at home or in hotels and for how long the measures would be in place