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France agrees to reopen UK border to lorry drivers with negative Covid test

EU nationals and those with ‘legitimate’ reasons can also enter with all-clear result from past 72 hours

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A mass Covid-19 testing programme for lorry drivers is to get under way to relieve congestion at British ports following an agreement to reopen the border between France and the UK.

The Department for Transport made the announcement late on Tuesday, hours after Paris said passengers from Britain could enter France following a 48-hour blockade, aimed at stopping the spread of a new coronavirus variant, that left thousands of HGVs stranded outside UK ports before Christmas.

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