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Hundreds of truckers still stranded amid UK-France border closure

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Ashford (UK), Dec 22 (EFE), (Camera: Vickie Flores).- Hundreds of truck drivers spent a second night in their vehicles in the southeastern English county of Kent waiting for France to reopen the Channel Tunnel border, which was closed Sunday because of the coronavirus crisis.The British government estimated on Tuesday that 945 trucks were stranded near the port of Dover.French authorities on Sunday night closed the border with the United Kingdom after confirming the detection of a new mutation of the coronavirus, which is highly contagious.FOOTAGE OF M20 MOTORWAY ON TUESDAY.

Added on the 22/12/2020 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés

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