They can detect the new variant and give a result in about 30 minutes, according to Public Health England. Freight drivers will receive their test result by a text message, which then gives them the right to cross the Channel. Anyone who tests positive will have to take another test, but isolation protocols were still being worked out. Starting Thursday, anyone who recently entered Hong Kong from Britain will be required to quarantine for three weeks at designated hotels. She said she wanted to travel by road to her hometown but was instead told to move to a hotel for quarantine.

Source: bd News24 December 23, 2020 12:45 UTC