Lorry drivers bringing freight to the UK will be exempt from the need to quarantine for 14 days, according to business secretary Alok Sharma.
As the government prepares to launch a 14-day quarantine at all ports and airports, Sharma said lorry drivers would be exempt from the scheme.
Speaking at a Downing Street press conference he said: “I recognise that the quarantining measures will put restrictions on businesspeople being able to travel.
"We will be setting out shortly the exemptions.
"One of the exemptions we have talked about is people who are bringing freight in, so freight drivers."
Exemptions to the quarantine policy, will be published in the “coming days” and will be limited, Sharma added.
RHA policy director Duncan Buchanan said: “Doing anything else just would not make any sense. It is a practical solution which will ensure goods will continue to get delivered in a timely fashion.”
He added; “Lorry drivers have proven during lockdown that they have adapted well to using PPE and sanitisers to protect themselves and others and the very nature of their job means that they are self-isolating until they return to their families so the risks are kept to a minimum.”
