France has lifted restrictions on Bangladesh and decided to consider it a “Green” listed country with regards to Covid-19.
The decision came into effect on Thursday, according to the French Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Interior.
By dint of the latest decision by the French government, travelers from Bangladesh who got vaccinated with jabs of Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson will no longer be required to have tests to arrive in France and depart from France.
A proof of a complete vaccination schedule will be sufficient to arrive in France from Bangladesh.
On the other hand, for unvaccinated travelers from Bangladesh, the obligation to present a negative test (RT-PCR) to travel to France will remain effective.
However, the measures on arrival in France (test, isolation) are lifted when they come from countries like Bangladesh which are on the “green” list.
France considers those countries as “green” with negligible or moderate circulation of the virus and absence of an emerging variant of concern, whereas the “orange” listed countries are those, which are experiencing active circulation of the virus, in the absence of an emerging variant of concern and showing no vaccine or immune escape.
The Bangladesh Embassy in Paris had been pursuing with the French authorities concerned to de-list Bangladesh from the restricted countries in light of the satisfactory improvement of Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh.