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MOBILE testing units are being rolled out in Bolton as surge testing gets underway in the borough's coronavirus hotspots.
And people living, working or studying in Rumworth, Deane or Great Lever are being urged to get tested at the units.
Bolton currently has the second highest infection rate in the country.
Covid infection rates in the BL 3 area have increased — with Rumworth South seeing cases rocket by 500 per cent, with a infection rate of 359.3 per 100,000 people.
In Lever Edge, part of Great Lever, cases have increased by 40 per cent.
The mass testing programme has been implemented after more cases of the South African and Indian variant were detected in Bolton.