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New UK Covid test sites for France-bound hauliers
More than 20 new coronavirus testing centres for hauliers driving to France are being set up in the next few days, the transport secretary has announced.
Grant Shapps said that 10 sites opened on Saturday, with a further 10 to come on Sunday, and more to be added in the week.
The government is also offering help to firms that wish to set up testing centres on their own premises.
Free testing kits will be available to companies as part of the scheme.
The move comes after France shut its border to UK arrivals - including freight drivers - last month, amid concern over a new fast-spreading variant of coronavirus identified in the UK.
LONDON: More than 20 new Covid-19 testing centres for hauliers heading to France are being set up in the next few days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.Shapps revealed that 10 of the sites.
Thousands of hauliers were stranded in the UK last week after France demanded they show a negative #COVID19 test before crossing the border following the discovery of a new, highly-transmissible variant of the virus.
Coronavirus: UK sets up more than 20 Covid test sites for France-bound hauliers
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More than 20 new coronavirus testing centres for hauliers driving to France are being set up in the next few days, the transport secretary has announced.
Grant Shapps said that 10 sites opened on Saturday, with a further 10 to come on Sunday, and more to be added in the week.
The government is also offering help to firms that wish to set up testing centres on their own premises.
Free testing kits will be available to companies as part of the scheme.
The move comes after France shut its border to UK arrivals - including freight drivers - last month, amid concern over a new fast-spreading variant of coronavirus identified in the UK.