A Hungarian truck driver adjusts a satellite dish for viewing television on the front of his lorry whilst he waits at Ashford International Truck Stop, as EU countries impose a travel ban from the UK following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ashford, Britain, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
LONDON (Reuters) - Lorry drivers returning to France from Britain will not now need to have a coronavirus test if they have spent less than 48 hours in the country, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Sunday.
France demanded in December that lorry drivers travelling from Britain to France must carry a negative COVID test result to reduce the spread of a more infectious coronavirus variant that had been found in Kent in southeast England.
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