French border guards impounded trucks filled with 130,000 face masks bound for the UK leading to hurried negotiations between the British and French governments. After realising what was on board, border guards in France held the truck in the wake of President Emmanuel Macron's promise to 'requisition' face masks for the French crisis, reported The Sun. French border guards impounded trucks filled with 130,000 face masks bound for the UK for brave NHS workers battling coronavirus across the country. On Wednesday night, it was lorries full of FFP3 face masks to protect staff.' On March 3 President Macron posted on Twitter that the French authorities would 'requisition all stocks and the production of masks'.

Source: Daily Mail March 21, 2020 00:46 UTC