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UK Prime Minister says France´s freight ban only affects small percentage of food supply

London, Dec 21 (Sputnik) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that the 48-hour ban on travel and freight from the United Kingdom imposed by France out of fear of a new strain of coronavirus identified in south-eastern England only affect a small percentage of food entering the UK.
“These delays are only occurring at Dover, only affect human-handled freight and that is only 20% of the total arriving from or departing to the European continent," Johnson said during a televised press briefing.
Addressing people's fear that the ban will provoke a shortage in UK supermarkets ahead of Christmas, he assured people that the vast majority of food and medical supplies are unaffected.
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