All of the Covid-19 rapid testing centres in Suffolk are closing down at the end of this month
- Credit: Suffolk Resilience Forum
Suffolk's coronavirus rapid testing centres are shutting down as people prefer home testing and the need for centres is tailing off.
More than 700,000 home testing kits have been handed out in the county, whereas the 28 community sites set up across Suffolk completed 90,000 tests since January — with 155 positive cases identified.
Stuart Keeble, director of public health for Suffolk, said: “The centres played a valuable role in the outstanding testing capacity we have delivered since January – it was an ambitious roll-out and we achieved this with efficiency and effectiveness.