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The port of Dover has been reopened in Great Britain, but the removal of the isolation imposed on the United Kingdom following the discovery of a new strain of Covid-19 still requires several days, while fears mount after the detection of a second mutated strain in South Africa.
On Wednesday, the British authorities announced the identification of another mutated strain of the virus “extremely worrying” because it is “more contagious” and its origin is South Africa, which imposed “immediate” restrictions on incoming flights.
British Health Minister Matt Hancock said this strain “appears to have more mutations than was detected a few days ago in the UK.”
For the first time since Sunday, carriages carrying passengers have arrived at the French port of Calais from the port of Dover, according to an AFP journalist.
However, the Polish travelers expressed their frustration at being suspended, pending the arrival of the test results requested by the French authorities.
“We have been here two days, without showering, without drinking water or food,” said Patricia Zivicek, expressing her “anger towards France.”
For his part, Lauron Begin directed his anger at the British authorities, waiting for an examination to return to the north of France, where he resides.
“I asked my manager not to send me back to England,” he said, adding: “We were gathered like animals.”
According to British authorities, 3,800 trucks were suspended in Manston on Tuesday and about 1,250 trucks in the port area.
It is necessary to wait “a few days” to alleviate the overcrowding after reaching an agreement with Paris that allows the resumption of movement between the two shores of the Channel Sea, provided that a negative Covid-19 test is shown.
Thanks to this agreement, the French and British of the two countries took advantage of the resumption of the “Eurostar” trains to return to their country for Christmas.
On Tuesday, the European Commission recommended to the member states of the European Union that they facilitate the resumption of transport with the island, for “essential trips” and “to avoid interruptions in the supply chain.”
Good news in Great Britain
Good news in the UK is that the vaccine data produced by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca was submitted to the competent authorities with the aim of authorizing its use, according to Health Minister Matt Hancock.
Britain had authorized the use of the Pfizer-Bionic vaccine, and a vaccination campaign initially targeted those most in need.
Canada announced the license of the vaccine from the Moderna company after licensing the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine on December 9.
Germany, which, like dozens of other countries, has suspended flights with the United Kingdom, did not announce the relaxation of current restrictions until January 6. The same applies to Spain.
In Switzerland, the ski resorts were preparing to receive British tourists. The hotels were in crisis after the cancellation of a large number of reservations.
Expert meeting
The European branch of the World Health Organization held a meeting for its members on Wednesday morning, during which strategies to deal with the new strain of the emerging corona virus were discussed.
The vaccination campaign begins on Sunday in the European Union. In France, “a few dozen” people will receive the vaccine on Sunday in nursing homes.
The vaccination campaign began in Switzerland on Wednesday, and a 90-year-old woman received the first dose in the canton of Lucerne.
Ireland announced Tuesday that it will reimpose measures to contain Corona from December 24 to January 12, with some mitigations and exceptions for the Christmas holidays, to combat the “unusual” increase in injuries.
In the United States, US President Donald Trump rejected the nearly $ 900 billion economic recovery plan approved by Congress on Tuesday, calling it “shameful” and calling in particular to increase the value of checks earmarked for the families.
For his part, President-elect Joe Biden announced that next year he would ask Congress to vote on a new plan to support the US economy.
In Mexico, the government announced that it will launch a vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Thursday, as soon as the first batch of the Pfizer / Bionic vaccine arrives. Mexico is the fourth country most affected by the epidemic, after the United States, Brazil and India.
The new Corona virus has killed 1,718,209 people worldwide, according to a census conducted by Agence France-Presse on Wednesday. There have been 77 million 992 thousand 300 injuries in the world since the outbreak of the epidemic.
