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The Côte des Flandres ferry called at the port of Calais at 4.30am on Wednesday morning and left a handful of cars. Traffic is expected to increase gradually, mostly due to the roughly 4,000 trucks that ran aground in Dover when France closed its borders at midnight Sunday.
More extensive traffic chaos It can be avoided when cargo operations in the Canal Tunnel reopen at 8:00 am. The Christmas season generally means more traffic than usual and freight transport has been particularly heavy ahead of Brexit at the turn of the year. Shipping companies have previously said that it can take several days to work to catch up with delays in deliveries.
Everyone arriving in France must, regardless of the mode of transport, present a negative covid-19 test that is at most 72 hours old and this also applies to French citizens. The NHS health service mobile test and follow-up units are assisted by military logistics experts who arrived from Doncaster on Tuesday evening.
At the same time that France opened its border, Singapore announced that those who had been in the UK for the past 14 days were transferred for the time being, even if they only intended to stop over. Hong Kong has previously made a similar decision and both airports are regular stopovers for Australian travelers.
The UK has the last days affected by the entry restrictions of a large number of countries as the new and much more contagious variant of the virus has gained a strong presence in the country. On Tuesday, infection control researchers announced that the so-called B117 variant is found throughout the country, and the government is expected to discuss on Wednesday whether to introduce the stricter restrictions in more regions, including Birmingham’s second city, and tighten them. in other places.
Many Britons have been concerned about the food supply even before transport was stopped, given that the Brexit transition period ends at the beginning of the year. The government has urged retail chains to stock up, while the BRC trade association has assured customers that there is now “enough stock of necessary products” but some reserve for fresh produce such as vegetables.
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