After a successful start to a 14-day surge testing programme in Diss and Roydon, which started on Friday, February 19, Norfolk County Council have praised the efforts of local residents.
Diss and Roydon Councillor Graham Minshull reassures residents their results will be coming soon
| Updated: 10:30, 22 February 2021
Diss and Roydon Councillor Graham Minshull has praised the incredible testing rollout in the area, adding that people who have not had their test results back yet will be receiving them shortly.
More than 5,000 testing kits were completed or handed out on Friday after the South African coronavirus strain was discovered in Diss and Roydon earlier this week.
Speaking to Park Radio this morning, Councillor Minshull reassured residents that there was no need to worry if they have not received a result yet.
One of the rapid testing centres for COVID-19 which was set-up in Roydon Village Hall, after the the South African variant was discovered in Diss. Picture: Mark Bullimore Photography.
A surge COVID testing centre at Diss Leisure Centre
- Credit: Danielle Booden
Mass testing is under way in south Norfolk as health officials bid to contain the spread the South African coronavirus variant.
Hundreds attended mobile units in Diss and Roydon from Friday morning, the very first time surge testing has been carried out in the county.
A mass COVID testing centre at Roydon Village Hall
- Credit: Danielle Booden
Public health teams are keen for everybody aged 16 or over in the area to get tested after the strain was identified in a handful of positive cases earlier this week.