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New U.K. COVID-19 strain is ‘already in the U.S.,’ expert says Herb Scribner © AP Lorries are parked on the M20 near Folkestone, Kent, England as part of Operation Stack after the Port of Dover was closed and access to the Eurotunnel terminal suspended following the French government’s announcement, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. The new mutation of the novel coronavirus in the United Kingdom “is already in the United States,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb recently told CNBC. What’...

Full article “Delays only apply to a very small percentage of food entering the UK,” the Prime Minister said, pledging to sort out the problem “in the next few hours”. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday sought to sound a note of calm saying he was working “as fast as possible” to unblock trade across the Channel after France shut its borders to UK haulers in a bid to contain a new variant of the coronavirus. Following convers...

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22 Dec 2020 Many broadcast news bulletins featured footage of lorries queuing for miles along the M20 in Kent yesterday (Monday) after France closed its border with the UK. But Boris Johnson gave a televised briefing putting what appeared to be a positive gloss on events and stressing that the government and local authorities had contingency plans in place. The prime minister said: “We’ve activated our long-prepared plans, with the result that we’ve already been able...

Stranded truck drivers are calling for immediate help from the Government with thousands stuck while the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel remain closed to traffic leaving the country. Millions of pounds worth of Scottish seafood is among the cargos which have now been left idling in queus waiting to cross to the continent.  More than 1,500 lorries are backed up in Kent, unable to make the crossing to France, with drivers having spent a second night sleeping in their cabs. Ronald Schroeder,...

Ms Patel told Sky News that a plan is "in both our interests", as "there are European hauliers right now who want to be going home". She didnt give any specific details on how mass testing could be introduced at ports, but said they are "absolutely part of discussions". The M20 motorway was closed on Monday night to allow for the implementation of Operation Brock - contingency measures which involve using a moveable barrier to keep traffic moving on the motorway whenever there is disruption at ...

Submitting... It came as the Governments New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats advisory group (NervTag) told a Science Media Centre briefing on the new mutant variant that cases outside of Tier 4 in London and the south east of England "are increasing at similar rates" those in affected areas, and that it had a "transmission advantage" over other strains of the virus. However, World Health Organisation director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there was "no evidence" the new stra...

Last Updated: UK Working as Fast As Possible To Resolve Border Shutdown With France: PM Johnson According to PM Johnson, the ban on trucks on the UK freight crossing to France was set to last for 48 hours, which will impact 20 percent of supplies. After chairing a meeting of the Government’s emergency COBR committee, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron about a truck halt due to border closure at the UK port of Dover. “We are workin...

Share on Twitter The European Commission recommended that EU member states lift the blanket bans some have imposed on arrivals from Britain to allow essential journeys and cargo transport to resume. France, the country with the busiest train and ferry links to the UK, announced that it would ease restrictions to allow entry to EU nationals and residents as well as Britons, on condition passengers can present negative virus tests. A commuter at Kings Cross train station in London, Br...

A HOST of countries have closed their borders to Britain over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain in moves which have sparked travel chaos and raised the prospect of UK food shortages days before the Brexit cliff edge. Reports yesterday afternoon said that the whole of the EU was now not allowing travel from the UK, however these were not confirmed as we went to press. As the crisis began to escalate on Sunday, France blocked all freight lorries from crossing the Channel, ...