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Added on the 07/01/2021 18:50:36 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Police stand by at the Port of Dover where lorry drivers remain stranded even after France eased Covid travel restrictions from Britain. IMAGES
Scene at port of the Dover, in England, as French and British authorities are holding talks on the resumption of traffic suspended due to a new strain of the coronavirus. IMAGES
Ashford (UK), Dec 22 (EFE), (Camera: Vickie Flores).- Hundreds of truck drivers spent a second night in their vehicles in the southeastern English county of Kent waiting for France to reopen the Channel Tunnel border, which was closed Sunday because of the coronavirus crisis.The British government estimated on Tuesday that 945 trucks were stranded near the port of Dover.French authorities on Sunday night closed the border with the United Kingdom after confirming the detection of a new mutation of the coronavirus, which is highly contagious.FOOTAGE OF M20 MOTORWAY ON TUESDAY.
Scores of lorries can be seen parked along the M20 near Ashford, on the way to Dover, as the major port is closed to outbound traffic following France’s decision to impose a 48-hour blockade on people and lorries crossing the English Channel. More than 36 countries have now begun banning flights and travellers from the UK following the discovery of a mutant strain of coronavirus that has spread across the south of England. IMAGES
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