London’s Heathrow Airport unveils new COVID-19 testing facility

London’s Heathrow Airport has unveiled a new coronavirus testing facility, according to a report.

It said the facility could halve the length of time people have to stay at home after arriving from countries on the British government’s quarantine list, The Associated Press reported.

“Testing will not only avoid the ‘quarantine roulette’ that so many passengers faced in Spain and France, it will also open up flights to key trading partners such as the US, Canada and Singapore,” Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye was quoted as saying in the report.

Over the past few weeks, British tourists have faced travel chaos after the government took countries off its safe list at very short notice.

The travel advice to the two most visited countries, Spain and France, changed at short notice, for example, prompting many travelers to seek to return to the UK swiftly in order to avoid the mandatory quarantine period, the report added.