Boris Johnson will hold crisis talks with senior ministers and officials after France banned hauliers lorries carrying freight across the channel amid fears over the new coronavirus strain.
Countries around the world have banned flights from the UK as an emergency response to the emergence of the mutant coronavirus, which spreads more easily than previous strains.The Prime Minister will chair a meeting of the Government’s Cobra civil contingencies committee on Monday amid warnings of “significant disruption” to the UK's food supply over Christmas.Ahead of a meeting of the Cobra committee chaired by the Prime Minister, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said emergency measures were being put in place to cope with a backlog of lorries heading.