Thousands of truck drivers are waiting in the border region of Kent on the Christmas holidays – because the French government closed the border with Great Britain for fear of a mutated variant of the corona virus. A solution will be launched in the middle of the week, there was plenty of trouble. After thousands of negative corona rapid tests in the Kent border region, most truck drivers were able to cross the border into France after standing still for days. “In the meantime, 15,526 # coronavirus tests have been carried out,” tweeted British Transport Minister Grant Shapps on Saturday afternoon. “Only 36 positive results that will now be verified.” Only drivers with a negative Corona test result are currently allowed to cross the border from England to France by sea or through the tunnel because of a mutated virus variant. The closed Manston airfield, where the drivers were waiting in their trucks for the tests, is now empty and should no longer be used, Shapps said. On Friday evening, around 3,000 trucks were still standing in a traffic jam, by Saturday morning half of them would have left the port, according to the Ministry of Transport. Traffic is slowly returning to normal.

Polish soldiers in England, thousands of truck drivers are still stuck

Many of the drivers had been waiting on the motorway in front of the English Channel for days and had to spend most of the Christmas days in their cabs. France had completely closed its border because of a coronavirus variant newly discovered in Great Britain, possibly even more contagious. On Wednesday, London and Paris agreed on the reopening – on the condition that all drivers coming from England are tested before crossing to the continent.

“Difficult Christmas”

However, representatives of the logistics industry warned on Saturday not to take a deep breath. “It’s not over yet,” said Duncan Buchanan of the Road Haulage Association, according to the PA news agency. Many drivers had postponed their trips due to the situation and would queue up again in the coming days. More than 1000 forces from the British Army as well as French fire fighters and medical teams from Poland had helped to test as many drivers as possible in a short time. They also provided those waiting with food packages and drinks. Several aid organizations also helped the stranded with essentials. Many drivers had previously complained that they had run out of water and food. There weren’t enough toilets either. According to the German ambassador in London, Andreas Michaelis, some German drivers were also stuck in the chaos on the holidays. “This is a difficult Christmas,” wrote Michaelis on Twitter. British opposition MP Barry Sheerman criticized: “Thousands of truck drivers are stranded in Dover in dire circumstances and neither the Prime Minister nor any other cabinet member has the courage to pay them a visit on Christmas Day. Shame on you,” wrote the Labor politician on Twitter .

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