"We want to be home before Christmas"

Due to the contagious coronavirus sport in the UK , Europe closed its borders with the UK . Other nations also announce or are count to stop flights to this country , explains UK flower importer Simon Russel ofSunflora . 90 per centum of their imported products come from outside the EU , but fortunately , their last flights with Christmas product were in last weekend , just in time . On the road , however , the situation is still helter-skelter , explains Cecile Duval ofLes pépinières de France(a grouping of 9 Gallic growers of young and ruined plants specialized in trees , shrubs and climbers ) , with trucks that can not cross the border .

genus Cedrus being loaded in the truck

Going in , but not out?Duval explicate that she has a motortruck with 2 genus Cedrus tree of 10 to 11 meter tall near Calais that can not get over the border . " And when it will be re - open , the immune carrier does not want to send drivers to the UK as they are scared that they can not descend back . I think we will stock the cedrus here in a nursery in the Second Earl of Guilford of France then . "

For more than 24 hours , the border between France and the UK is shut . Yesterday , the amount of park trucks at the entering route to the port of Dover was945and it is expected that this number will increase even further if the office does not vary . Other sources even report1500 trucksthat are stuck in the region of Kent ( Folkstone and Dover ) .

Journalist spoke to the motortruck driver and almost everyone state the same . " We want to be home before Christmas . "

Air movementAlso outside Europe , more nations are considering to stop flying to the UK . Sunflora , for example , imports a lot of their leafage from Sri Lanka and today , they ’ve heard that this country will stop wing to the UK from tomorrow on . And for how long is still unknown . Sunflora also receives a lot of flowers from African and South American nation , and also in these countries , they learn that they might cease their flights to the UK . So far , Sunflora has not been affected . " Our last flights were in last weekend , just in clip for Christmas . For the coming week and weeks , we may be involve more as our next flights are plan to come in next weekend . "

UK and France aim to restart freightThe Gallic and British political science seem to have reached an correspondence to restart consignment dealings between England and France . The borders were closed this week , allegedly because of the bearing of extra contagious Modern variant of the coronavirus . TheBBCreported this this dayspring base on source within the Gallic political science . However , the details are not yet known . originally Johnson also came up with the plan psychometric test all truck driver who want to reelect to mainland Europe . Those who are negative are allow to impart . Whether this plan is part of the agreement is not yet alone clear . TLN report on its website that the encirclement from England to France will be lifted as of tomorrow December 23rd . This corresponds to the ground 48 - hour encirclement unilaterally herald by the Gallic authorities , which will end today in the late evening hours .

Mutated variant COVID-19This weekend , an increase bit of European countries ban travellers entering from the United Kingdom . On Sunday ferry were also stopped for passengers and the Eurotunnel closed for 48 minute . The move was made after the UK recorded 35,928 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday , more than double the amount recorded seven days antecedently ; this is said to be due to a mutate variate of the virus having arisen which is said to be up to 70 % more contagious .