coronavirus variant. Canada extends U.K. flight ban 2 more weeks amid COVID-19 mutations Still, thousands of truck drivers and travellers remained trapped in the mass gridlock at the Dover port on Christmas Eve, held up by slow delivery of the coronavirus tests now demanded by France.
One by one, trucks passed toward ferries and trains that link Britain with France, as authorities checked that drivers had the negative virus tests required to cross.On the French side, powerful winds buffeted the coast before dawn and the vast Calais port — which normally takes in up to 4,000 trucks a day — remained quieter than usual.A Dover port spokeswoman said it “received” fewer than 100 freight vehicles “due to restrictions on testing,” and officials.