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The English port of Dover, the main one for the transport of goods to and from France, announced at dawn that it will reopen after the Macron agreement and Johnson.
The thousands of drivers who had the trucks immobilized in Kent will be able to cross the border if they have a negative test in coronavirus, as Paris and London agreed
“All truck drivers, regardless of nationality, must take a quick test,” the results of which are available at approximately 30 minutes, reported the Transport ministries of the two states. This protocol will be reviewed on December 31st“However, it can remain in effect until January 6,” he added.
According to the ministry British health can be done up to 6,000 rapid tests per day, with 150 soldiers preparing to provide assistance to solve the large supply problem created when the border was closed due to the mutant strain of coronavirus situated in UK.
The government says there are 1,523 trucks parked on the M20 + at Manston Airfield. Several hundred more spent the night in Dover and on the side of the M2. I know this because I passed them on the way home last night. This was the boardwalk in Dover. Think of poor drivers pic.twitter.com/MFYenRvNqq
– Joel Hills (@ITVJoel) December 22, 2020
Mobile units will be installed at your unused airport Manston, where thousands of trucks are parked, while the tests will be carried out on the road.
Your sources Downing street Admit that the program “won’t be perfect” and note that it may take days for the problem to be fixed.
His staff have been in the port since Tuesday night NHS test and trace, having made a 230-mile journey from Doncaster.
The Franco-British border will remain closed to UK citizens for the time being, but French citizens can return from Britain as of today, provided they provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test, according to French media.
Empty supermarket shelves
Since Sunday Supermarket suffer from shortages of fresh produce due to the fact that many countries have decided to close their borders with Great Britain to prevent the spread of the new strain of coronavirus.
It is estimated that although the port has already been opened and the merchandise transported by the trucks will reach its destination, it is possible that due to the delay, some fresh products may not reach the shelves.
Britain’s head of retail sales stressed yesterday that there is no shortage of popular Christmas products at the moment, so “people can shop without stress.”
However, the British did not appear convinced, forming long lines with many empty shelves on Monday following France’s decision to close the Dover-Calais crossing for 48 hours.
Boris Johnson, for his part, says that only 20% of the merchandise has been affected by the delays. The supply chain problem is evident in the UK, as almost every EU country has issued a travel ban.
Meanwhile, Tesco, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, announced that rice, eggs, soap and toilet paper will be sold under the ‘bulletin’ from today in its supermarkets. Consumers will be able to purchase up to three packs of these products to avoid an artificial panic shelf shortage, as was done in the first Spring closure.
Truckers are at their limits
Anger and frustration prevailed in Dover yesterday. Hundreds of trucks form a never-ending queue in the south of England, after the border closes.
Understandably very frustrated truck drivers stranded here at the IK, with no food, water or information. Johnson & Macron said all day that they were minutes away from reaching an agreement. Where is? Thousands of trucks stacked in #Dover And all the police say is “get back in your car” #Truckers pic.twitter.com/mf6ESY6H0m
– Shadia EdwardsDashti (@ShadiaED) December 22, 2020
Many drivers are stranded on the streets, to the point of eating whatever stocks they had.
Dan Zinca, a Romanian trucker banned from southern England after many countries closed their borders with Britain, is angry and not alone. “We are in crisis and we don’t know why we should be in this situation,” he told Reuters. “They say it is the coronavirus. We do not know. “We think it is stupid, very stupid,” he said. Zinca has been driving trucks for 7 years and nothing like this has ever happened to him before.
Police escort to deliver food to stranded trucks in Dover. Thanks for your support @kent_police #OperationStack pic.twitter.com/a5mCQFFmtW
– Khalsa Help (@Khalsa_Aid) December 22, 2020
Daily Case Log: Thoughts on Tighter Lockdown
Government officials yesterday considered a tougher lockdown on England as the new strain of coronavirus, believed to be up to 70% more contagious, spread to the Southwest, the Midlands and the North.
Government sources today do not rule out Boris Johnson imposing stricter restrictions on the New Year.
Yesterday the daily cases broke all previous records. In particular, they amounted to 36,804, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic.
The previous record was set on Sunday with 35,928 cases, while on Monday new infections were 33,364.
In total, the cases registered in the country since March reached 2,110,314, while the concern in the country is great, after the appearance of a mutated strain of the virus.
At the same time, another 691 patients lost their lives in the last 24 hours due to Covid, with a total of 68,307 from March to today.
This number refers to people who finished within 28 days from the time they took a test, which came back positive for the coronavirus. The total number of deaths with reference to “Covid” on the death certificate amounts to 79,349.
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