Bedford to begin door-to-door testing in Indian Covid variant areas
The authority confirmed that this weekend, volunteers would be going door-to-door in Cauldwell, Kingsbrook and Queens Park to hand out free PCR test kits to residents, returning the same day to collect them.
Mobile units will remain at the Oasis Beach Pool, John Bunyan Sports and Fitness and Enterprise House in Old Ford End Road but the collect and drop-off sites at Tesco car park, Cardington Road; Morrisons car park, Ampthill Road; and Queens Park Community Centre will no longer be open after 4 June. Louise Jackson, portfolio holder for health and wellbeing, said the council was "asking everyone to do everything they can to help stop the spread of the virus".
"With a third of cases not showing any symptoms you could unknowingly pass the virus on to others," she said. "Offering free PCR tests door-to-door in areas with the highest infection rates will give more people the opportunity to take a test and help monitor and prevent the spread.LOOK-UP TOOL:
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