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Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris johnson will preside today in urgent meeting to face the supply and export crisis From great britain, following the decision of several countries, including France, to suspend all connections to the UK due to the location new executive of the new coronavirus. At the same time Fatality has also been caused at several airports of passengers whose flights to and from England are canceled.
“THE Prime Minister chair a meeting of the Government Emergency Management Committee, known as Cobra“to discuss the situation with regard to international travel and in particular the constant flow of cargo to and from the UK,” said a Downing Street spokeswoman.
The discovery of a new strain of the novel coronavirus in Britain has toppled many European governments, including those of the Germany, της France, of Italy and her Ireland, to suspend the connections with this country.
France, in particular, has suspended since midnight (local time; 01:00 today Monday, Greek time) and for at least 48 hours all movements of people, including those associated with merchandise transports», By road, by air, by sea or by rail.
Only “unaccompanied cargo” will be allowed through, the French government said. Shortly after, the English port of Dover, which serves primarily France, announced that it was closed for departures “until further notice.” According to the British Road Transport Association, around 10,000 trucks pass through this port per day.
British Minister of Transport Grand saps He urged fellow citizens, especially freight workers, not to go to the ports of Kent in southern England, warning via Twitter that “big” problems were expected in the area.
The restrictions were announced at an extremely difficult time for several British companies, which are in the process of taking action before December 31, when the transition period after the end of the Brexi and new customs regulations come into force.
Traffic in English ports has been huge lately, causing frequent delays and traffic jams on the roads leading to them, as many companies take action ahead of the UK’s final exit from the EU single market at the end of this year.
Ten days before the deadline expires, negotiations between London And Brussels, post-Brexit bilateral trade relations remain stagnant, and if they fail, the sudden imposition of quotas and customs duties raises fears that the country’s supply chaos will prevail.
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