As the restrictions are gearing up at France and welcome tourists this summer, it has offered free PCR tests to foreigners to detect COVID-19, Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune told Europe 1 news in an interview on Sunday.

A lot of countries in Europe are asking foreigners to produce COVID-19 negative certificates before entering othere territory.

France was the only European country providing the option of free PCR tests to its citizens. The facility will now be extended to foreign tourists arriving for vacation.

The European parliament is currently trying to balance the rules for travel and is asking to provide the tests for free or to atleast provide an affordable tariff for PCR tests.

According to the health report on Sunday, there were 324 deaths in hospitals and 31,539 new cases, and 29,911 patients admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 related illness.

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