BREAKING: France advises against travel to Catalunya while Norway imposes 10 day quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain following resurgence of coronavirus

FRANCE is advising its citizens to avoid all but essential travel to Catalunya.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex made the recommendation on Friday afternoon.

The head of the French Executive also revealed that he is talking to the Government to tighten up the borders, adding that surveillance will be reinforced.

It comes as Norway announced today it is imposing a 10-day quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain.

It means any person arriving to the Nordic country from Spain will have self-isolate at home for 10 days.

The new restriction will come into force in Norway from midnight tonight.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
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