Tuesday, December 22, 2020
LONDON, England (AP) — For some British truckers, retailers and traders, a feared new year's nightmare arrived early.
“French borders closed,” signs on roads approaching the English Channel port of Dover flashed yesterday, steering truck drivers away as traffic backed up. British supermarkets warned that supplies of fresh produce could run short within days.
Businesses have spent months worrying about disruption at Britain's borders when the UK makes a post-Brexit economic break from the European Union at the end of the year. Yesterday's mayhem, however, was caused by the coronavirus.
Early tracking of a COVID-19 variant that scientists think may spread more easily plunged southern England into lockdown and over the weekend prompted countries around the world to halt flights from the UK. France went further and shut its border for at least 48 hours from Sunday night, stopping people and cargo vehicles entering by air, road, sea or rail.
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