French firefighters and Polish soldiers have already been dispatched to Dover, the chaos caused by the mutant British coronavirus

British and Polish soldiers, as well as French firefighters, also took part in coronavirus testing of thousands of truck drivers in England on Friday due to the French border blockade earlier this week.

Britain’s Defense Department said 800 soldiers had arrived near the Dover ferry port in southeastern England, in a temporary parking lot for trucks at a disused airport and at test sites set up on the motorway. According to a BBC television report On the instructions of the Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak, Polish soldiers and health experts also traveled to the county of Kent in the south-east of England and joined the tests. French firefighters have also crossed from the opposite bank and are also involved in detecting truck coronavirus. The Kent County Council said Friday that there are still about 4,000 trucks waiting to cross the French side.

The French authorities stopped the traffic of goods from the British side from zero hours on Monday due to the rapid spread of a new version of the coronavirus that appeared in England.

The French ban applied to vehicles used by people (drivers, travel staff, passengers) to cross France. The crossing of freight trains without passengers and passengers – container and trailer-less truck trailers – was not restricted by the French authorities, but thousands of trucks were still crammed on the English side during the border blockade that was lifted on Wednesday night. .

As a prelude to the French restriction, the British government announced last week that it had identified a new variant of the coronavirus.

The infectivity of this strain of virus can be up to 70 percent higher than previously identified coronavirus types, according to studies. According to Wednesday’s agreement between the British and French governments Air, rail and sea transport could be relaunched from Britain to France, but only those who tested negative for the coronavirus for no more than 72 hours could enter France from Britain.

Truck drivers must perform a rapid coronavirus test in 30 minutes. The result Drivers will receive it in an SMS message and, if the result is negative, presenting this message, they will be able to cross into France within 72 hours from the date of the detection test result. According to British Transport Minister Grant Shapps, on Friday, 2,367 truck drivers had been tested the night before and three screening tests came back positive.

Shapps hardly covertly criticized the French regulation, which links the entry of trucks to a negative coronavirus test. In his Twitter post, the minister recalls the statement by the European Commission transport commissioner that mandatory testing of road carriers is not recommended, as drivers who have been alone in their cab for days are at extremely risk low infection.

The UK Department for Transport has issued a special call for trucks preparing to cross the ferry from Dover, England to France, not going to the port of Dover, but to a truck stop in nearby Manston. Truckers wishing to cross truck trains in the Eurotunnel rail tunnel must join the queue for testing at junction 8 of the M20 motorway. According to the UK Department of Transport

The coronavirus test required to clear the crossing cannot be performed at any Kent County health center;

Those who request screening tests for this purpose will not be admitted to local hospitals or surgeries.

According to the information, local authorities distribute food and water to truckers waiting to be examined.