Coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak: UK Depatment of Transport update for hauliers and passengers

United Kingdom

“All leaflets have been handed out at Manston, and are being distributed with welfare provisions on the M20 and via police at Dover. The text of the leaflet can be found here in Dutch, Romanian, Polish and Russian.

The latest asset are available here and this site will be continually updated as new messages develop. Please do use these resources to share updates on social media. There is also a live news story page on GOV.UK where we will continue to feed updates throughout.

You can also find multi-lingual travel advice from the Port of Dover for Hauliers based on our assets attached above (tweeter account with tweets in Dutch, Romanian, Polish and Russian and materials attached).

We have reached an agreement with the French that the border at Eurotunnel, Dover and Calais will remain open over Christmas period to help transport people home as soon as possible.  

Please note that the message remains that people should not travel to Kent. Please continue to cascade this message to your members and relevant contacts.’’

 Source: UK Department for Transport