Deal for stranded truckers to cross France-U.K. border requires mass COVID-19 testing

A deal has been reached to allow thousands of stranded truck drivers to cross from Dover, England, into France after several days of being stuck near the border. But with fears of a new, more transmissible strain of COVID-19 spreading from Britain the crossing will require exhaustive testing.

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