December 21, 2020 05:00 am | Updated 05:02 am IST - London
Boris Johnson. File
The British government said on Sunday it would hold a crisis meeting of its COBR emergencies committee after a string of countries banned travellers arriving from the U.K. and crucial transit country France blocked most freight.
“The Prime Minister will chair a COBR meeting tomorrow to discuss the situation... in particular the steady flow of freight into and out of the U.K.,” a spokesman for Boris Johnson's Number 10 Downing Street office said.
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