Coronavirus paperwork could be linked to passports to speed up re-entry to the UK, it has been reported. In a bid to cut potentially lengthy queues at the border officials are working to reopen automatic e-passport gates at airports, The Times reports.
This would allow people with chipped passports to walk through swiftly, rather than wait in a long queue to have their papers manually checked.
Despite tight restrictions on international travel, passengers have had to endure lengthy waits at the border while whittled down staff check coronavirus paperwork.
With passenger numbers predicted to increase fivefold when the travel ban is lifted on May 17, huge waits are likely if the current system remains in place.
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