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The army has already been deployed to bring travelers from the UK to France as soon as possible, the Daily Mail reports.
In Operation Rose, some 1,100 soldiers were ordered in Kent County,
who will be tasked with testing the roughly 5,000 truckers bribing there
You can only cross the border into France if you have a negative coronavirus test. Truck drivers must perform a rapid coronavirus test with a result within 30 minutes, the result of which will be received in an SMS message, and in the event of a negative result, they can enter France within 72 hours after the result.
French firefighters also began helping with tests on Thursday, and the Polish defense minister also offered to send 60 soldiers to the scene, as many Polish trucks are also waiting at the border.
French authorities closed the traffic of goods from the United Kingdom from zero on Monday due to the rapid spread of a new version of the coronavirus that appeared in England., many were also forced to spend Christmas on the road. There are still at least 5,000 vehicles waiting at the border crossing.
Meanwhile, local volunteers continue to help travelers with food and drink, and two railway companies have already launched food trains from London to border crossings. The British government is also trying to deliver food by truck to those who wait.
In addition, a disused airport has been turned into a parking lot.
Thank you M. Macron.
Trucks stacked at Manston airport on Christmas Day 2020. Mostly EU drivers who just wanted to go home for Christmas. pic.twitter.com/lU6LsfujTv
– The core (@ SocialM85897394) December 25, 2020
Much fuss over nothing?
The British Secretary of State for Transport, only covertly criticizing the French regulation, reported Thursday afternoon that only 3 of the 2,367 tests carried out so far were positive.
Kent Carrier Test Results to Date –
2,367 tests carried out at noon, of which:
2,364 negative
3 positiveAs the EU Commissioner for Transport has tweeted, testing carriers are not recommended. Spending days in a truck on your own puts you in an extremely low risk category!
– Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) Dec 24, 2020
If you spend several days in a truck, it is highly unlikely that you will get infected, stated on its community page. Grant Shapps. The UK Department for Transport has issued a special call for trucks preparing to cross the ferry from the UK to France not to the port of Dover but to a truck stop in nearby Manston. And truckers wishing to cross the truck through the trains running through the Eurotunnel rail tunnel will have to join the test queue at junction 8 of the M20 motorway.
According to the UK Department of Transport, the test required to allow the crossing cannot be performed in any healthcare facility, and local hospitals or surgeries will not accept those requesting screening for this purpose.
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