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Isolation of UK eases but backlog could take days to clear

by Jeff Schaeffer & Sylvia Hui
| December 23, 2020 4:27 AM

CALAIS, France (AP) — Goods and passengers from Britain began arriving on French shores Wednesday following a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the coronavirus that had isolated the U.K. and raised fears of food shortages. But officials warned the backlog would take days to work through.

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