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passengers at airports in the UK could soon be able to have the same kind of saliva-swab-test used by the NHS to screen for coronavirus.

The Company , which is planning a study of the scheme in the hope that a negative result is the early release from the government is the 14-day quarantine. to pay

the people have to £140 for a test, online reservation prior to the trip.

the government Said The quarantine system aims to ensure that the transmission rate down and prevent a second wave.

Bbc News it was Said that a test version is expected in a couple of weeks in a major British airport.

The goal is to test the first 500 passengers A Day .

Under the proposals, passengers visiting an airport clinic after the immigration, would be to isolate, in an audit, in and of itself, At Home , until you get the result.

A negative result could be as little as five hours. However, the goal will be to inform each participant within 24 hours.

'Win-Win'

Jason Holt, the chief of the ground handling company Swissport UK, which is one of two companies involved described the System as a "win-win".

"We accept that the quarantine in place," He Said . "This will complement and British aerospace help, get back on their feet".

The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) swab test is used, is of The Type in operation in NHS facilities throughout the UK.

nurses of The Airport rip-off is to perform samples to the clinics run by medical company Collinson.

The Company says the study is about "changing" the quarantine.

"the people will be able to Go On vacation again," Dr. Simon Worrell, the Collinson's Global Medical Director, Said .

Greece is one of the countries to introduce smear Tests for the passengers at the airports

Dr. Worrell hope they bring back "a sense of normalcy" and Show People " that we really Around The Corner . "

The two companies Are in negotiations with several airports in the UK and the government.

But the Ministers have not yet been confirmed, people get a "negative" result is not self-isolate, for the Rest of your Two Weeks .

"is The critical thing, the consent of the government," Said Scott Sunderman, Director of medical and safety technology-support in the case of Collinson.

The Department for Transport Said all passengers arriving in the UK - including nationals of the United Kingdom will be prompted for an address, where you isolate yourself, for 14 days.

"As the interior Minister made it clear when they announced these measures Are constantly reviewed and informed by science to keep us all safe," a spokesman Said .

Collinson Said , the Tests could be scaled-up to The Pilot . She thinks it could be. at some point in The Future , might test "hundreds of thousands" of people on the day of arrival in the UK

contact samples for the passengers Are already at other airports abroad, such as Hong Kong and Vienna.

another study, which began by Swissport, in Jersey airport Channel Islands earlier this month.

The UK's 14-day quarantine policy, through surprise visits and fines, has been described by some aviation-industry bosses.

The government has Said to announce it's plans for broader exemptions to the quarantine until The End of June.

the official rates for countries with low infection.

it would allow to avoid passengers in both directions between the UK and certain countries, that they isolate themselves after each trip.

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