Covid Tests To Be Offered To Everyone

Anybody will be able to get a Coronavirus test in Market Harborough from next week.

The town’s Rapid Test Centre is being opened up to all, to coincide with lockdown restrictions starting to ease, meaning anyone without symptoms can book a slot to visit the facility in the bowls hall at Harborough Leisure Centre, for a quick swab test.

Up til now the facility has only being available to key-workers and those unable to work from home.

Mike Sandys, Director of Public Health for Leicestershire, spoke to Hfm:

Home test kits are also being made available to anyone in regular contact with school-age children, which can be picked up from the centre – run by the County Council.

To book a lateral flow test, please visit: www.leicestershire.gov.uk/covidtest

To book a slot to collect a box of home test kits, visit: www.leicestershire.gov.uk/covidhometest