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1st Gear: Shit Is Getting Real With New Strain Of Coronavirus
France was quick to close its somewhat wet border with the UK and halt travel amid a new strain of coronavirus in Britain. This is bad for us, as humans, and it’s bad for cars, as an industry. Toyota has closed shop in both the UK and France a few days early, before Christmas and New Year’s, because of what Bloomberg titles “virus border chaos.” Via B’berg:
Toyota will halt production in the U.K. and France starting Tuesday due to transport delays caused by the spread of a mutant strain of coronavirus that has led several countries to close their borders with Britain.