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Government 'considering' mass testing of lorry drivers to unlock France border closure

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Ministers are considering mass testing of lorry drivers to unlock the France border shutdown, it has been reported. It's hoped ports to the continent could be reopened if testing is rolled out to hauliers waiting to cross the channel.

Home Secretary Priti Patel said the Government is "speaking constantly" with France to achieve a resolution "in both our interests" to get freight moving again.

More than 40 countries have banned flights from the UK due to a mutant variant of coronavirus spreading through the country, while lorry drivers spent a second night sleeping in their cabs on the M20 outside the Port of Dover, which has been shut since Sunday night.

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