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Covid: France expects to reopen border as UK plans to test lorry drivers

Priti Patel says British and French officials discussing options as 1,500 lorries remain stuck in Kent

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France expects to announce a limited reopening of its borders to UK traffic, as the British government said it was drawing up plans to test all lorry drivers taking goods across the Channel for Covid.

“A solution is being worked on and will be announced during the course of the day,” a French government source said on Tuesday. “The 48-hour suspension of traffic from the UK was “always an emergency measure, to allow us to find practical solutions and to consult with our European partners.”

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