France, Oct. 21 -- France is to introduce rapid antigen Covid-19 tests at airports from next Monday, the country's transport ministerJean-Baptiste Djebbari has announced.

"We are going to launch the testsin airports, especially on departure to destinations such as the United States or Italy, and for arrivals from countries in the high risk zones, so that we no longer have people returning from these countries in French territory without being tested," he told the French news channel CNews.

Djebbari's announcement comes after French President Emmanuel Macron said in his TV interview last Wednesday that antigen tests will be introduced to reduce the delay in getting results from the PCR tests.

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