Diss and Roydon testing rollout is to be scaled back
| Updated: 09:58, 23 February 2021
The surge testing programme in Diss and Roydon will begin to be scaled back this week, Councillor Graham Minshull announced this morning.
As from 7pm this evening the test centre at Diss Youth and Community Centre will close and be used as a roaming pop up centre, visiting different parts of the town.
Updates on where the centre will be shall be announced on South Norfolk District Council s Facebook page.
The remaining test centres at Roydon Community Centre and Diss Leisure Centre will remain open, however they now will close at 5pm every evening, instead of 7pm.
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.