Woking mass testing: 'Some elderly are worried the people knocking on their doors aren't safe'

Woking mass testing: 'Some elderly are worried the people knocking on their doors aren't safe'
Elderly residents in Surrey, where door-to-door testing has been rolled out, are concerned about opening their doors to strangers
1 February 2021 • 8:42pm
A Covid-19 Home Testing kit waiting to be distributed at Woking Fire Station in Woking, Surrey
Credit: Steve Parsons /PA
When two positive cases of the South African coronavirus variant were detected in Woking, Surrey, health officials immediately got to work on rolling out a mass testing program to try and get a grip on how far the new strain has spread. 
But local volunteers fear that the house-to-house testing drive could be curtailed by some elderly residents - who are worried about being targeted by Covid scammers - feeling unsafe answering their door to council workers giving out the swabs. 

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