Lorry drivers who test positive for Covid-19 at Manston Airport have to drive 50 miles to hotels in Medway and Sevenoaks to isolate
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Updated: 16:38, 20 January 2021
Lorry drivers who test positive for coronavirus as they try to cross the border into France are being made to drive almost 50 miles to isolate, it has been revealed.
The Department for Transport has set aside two hotels in Kent as comfortable places for non-UK hauliers who need to quarantine but have nowhere else to go.
Holiday Inn, London Road Wrotham Heath, Sevenoaks. Picture: Barry Goodwin
One is on the outskirts of Sevenoaks while the other is in Medway - both an hourâs journey from the testing centre at Manston Airport in Thanet.