Plea To Use Harborough’s Covid Test Centre If You’re ‘Pinged’
Written by HFM News on 18th August 2021
People across Harborough who are ‘pinged’ by the NHS App are being urged to get a Covid test.
Rules changed this week for people who are double-jabbed or under-18, meaning they no longer have to self-isolate if they’ve come into contact with someone who tests positive.
Instead of having to quarantine for 10 days, government advice is for people take a PCR test.
Mike Sandys, Leicestershire’s Director of Public Health, told Hfm people should use the testing facility in the car park of Harborough Leisure Centre, to help reduce the spread of the virus:
The testing centre based at Harborough Leisure Centre
PIC: ANDY CARPENTER
The Covid-19 infection rate in the Harborough District is currently slightly above the national average, with 321 testing positive in the past week.
However, other areas of Leicestershire have some of the highest rates in the country at the moment.
Mr Sandys says it’s important people continue to wear a face covering in busy places, like supermarkets:
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