is detected in Slough. Last month, the Observer reported the council were preparing plans in case a variant is discovered as the borough’s population “moves and mingles with other areas”, said Sue Foley, public health consultant at the council. Surge testing is additional community testing to identify asymptomatic cases – those who don’t have coronavirus symptoms – to help reduce transmission by prompting those who test positive to self-isolate. It also helps scientists and public health officials learn more about the mutated Covid-19 variants. At an outbreak engagement board meeting on Tuesday, March 9, Mrs Foley said: “What happens at the moment is that Public Health England informs us [the council] if there is someone who is query about whether they got the variant in the case they tested for.
Rachael Foley was denied the chance to have more children (Image: Irwin Mitchell)
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