London, United Kingdom.
The British government in talks with French authorities to allow resumption of freight traffic Interrupted by the discovery of a coronavirus mutation, he said on Tuesday that he was considering testing trucks for COVID-19.
“We are in talks with our French counterparts” and “we will find a solution,” the interior minister said. Priti Patel, on the Sky News channel.
“It is part of the discussion” to carry out diagnostic tests in British ports before departure, he said.
France decided to suspend On Sunday night and for 48 hours, all arrivals from the UK after the discovery in the country of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus, which caused a third sudden confirmation of London and parts of the south-east of England.
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According to Patel, about 650 trucks are currently stranded on the motorway from London to Dover, the main British port on the English Channel, closed to Sunday evening exit traffic.
Another 800 trucks are parked at a nearby old airport. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday afternoon that he had discussed the issue with French President Emmanuel Macron and was looking to “resolve the situation in the next few hours”.
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Johnsoncriticized for managing a pandemic that claimed nearly 68,000 lives in the UK, he argued that the risk of transmission from truck drivers alone to their cab is “really very low”.
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According to an estimate provided by the United Kingdom to the World Health Organization (WHO), the transmission of this new variant is 40% and 70% higher than the previous ones.
British scientists who advised the government, in turn, indicated a higher transmission to children compared to other strains and are working on this hypothesis to explain its strong spread.