Foreign athletes will be able to compete in France as long as they are vaccinated against covid with any of the existing vaccines and respect the health protocols, the Ministry of Sports informed AFP on Monday.
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Sports activities will require the use of a covid vaccine.
Foreign athletes will be allowed to compete. if they present a complete vaccination schedule in their countries and subject to a strict sanitary bubble protocol ‘, which includes ‘a test less than 24 hours’ before entering the competition, the ministry specified. This means that all vaccines are accepted, such as the Russian Sputnik or the Chinese Sinovac or Sinopharm. These rules will apply at the Judo Grand Slam in Paris (February 5-6) , the matches of the VI Nations rugby tournament and also in international football matches. On January 17, the day after Novak Djokovic was expelled from Australia for not being vaccinated , the French government specified that all athletes traveling to France to compete should be vaccinated.
