The British authorities will attract the military to deliver food to supermarkets The

The UK authorities intend to involve the military in the delivery of food to supermarkets due to a shortage of truckers, The Sun and The Daily Mail report, citing sources.

According to them, 2,000 truck drivers from the Royal Logistic Corps have been ordered to be ready for five days to deliver food and essentials to supermarkets. In the coming days, the government should make a formal request for assistance in transporting goods.

The Sun notes that the military will be accommodated in hotels. All these activities are carried out as part of Operation Rescript, which the country's Ministry of Defense launched back in March last year as a response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Earlier, at the end of July, the British Road Transport Carriers Association announced a shortage of truckers in the country. According to the association, we are talking about 90 thousand people, including 25 thousand workers from EU countries who left the country after Brexit.