The M20 freeway is packed with traffic as France closes its border.
In response to the outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus (Chinese Communist virus) in the United Kingdom, France banned entry into the United Kingdom by air, land and sea for 48 hours since the early hours of Monday (21), but the two countries reached an agreement on Tuesday (22), France agreed to partially reopen the border to the United Kingdom from Wednesday (23), allowing French and EU citizens who have been tested and confirmed to be free of the virus to enter the country.
According to the agreement, France will allow French citizens with a valid test certificate within 72 hours, people who have the right of abode in France, citizens of EU countries, and people who have the necessary reasons to travel to enter from the UK on Wednesday, and the measure will be maintained until at least January 6 next year. The French side will not require the proposed entrants to undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, which is more accurate but takes at least one day to produce results, but also requires them to undergo a test that can detect a variant of the virus.
After the implementation of the French closure of the United Kingdom, the British-French Cross-Harbour Tunnel to suspend passenger and cargo traffic from Folkestone, Kent, connecting Folkestone and Maidstone M20 freeway is crowded with trucks, traffic queues of several kilometers long, a large number of truck drivers dissatisfied, keep ringing according to the request to leave the United Kingdom. Some British citizens worried about the shortage of essential goods will be blocked by the passage of trucks, rushed to the supermarkets to buy goods, supermarkets around the queue of people shopping.
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