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Supermarket shelves will go empty again in the next two to three weeks unless action to tackle the pingdemic is stepped up, the Government has been warned.
Ministers will hold emergency talks today to hammer out plans to more than double to 2,000 the number of critical workplaces where staff can undergo daily tests to avoid isolating.
Drivers of passenger trains are expected to be among the latest workers exempted from quarantine rules as rail companies begin sweeping cancellations from today. Binmen are also expected to receive assistance.
The Government announced last week that it would set up testing facilities at 500 food distribution sites, 100 transport hubs and 100 emergency services bases.
The Government's emergency plan to tackle the pingdemic's impact on the food supply industry was this week branded an 'absolute disaster' by industry bosses. (Pictured: A shopper walks past a row of empty shelves in ASDA Cardiff on Friday)
Ministers will hold emergency talks Monday to hammer out plans to more than double to 2,000 the number of critical workplaces where staff can undergo daily tests to avoid isolating. Pictured: Empty soft drinks shelves in Tesco in Cardiff on Friday
Some 200 new test centres are going to be set up throughout the country to try and stem the chaos caused by the pindemic - but industry bosses say it is not enough with only a handful of the sites up and running so far
But last night experts warned the action was not enough and there was criticism that only a handful of the sites are up and running.
Richard Burnett, chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, warned that gaps on supermarket shelves
