Covid-19: test centre opens in a brewery
Ignition Brewery test centre.
Pic: Lewisham Council
A brewery in Lewisham that employs and trains people with learning disabilities has been turned into a rapid Covid-19 test centre.
The test centre at Ignition Brewery in Sydenham started offering Covid-19 tests to anyone without symptoms who must leave home for work from March 1.
The opening times of the new centre are 9:30 am to 4 pm on a weekday and 9:30 am to 2 pm on the weekend, with evening appointments offered on Tuesday and Thursday.
You can book a rapid test here.
‘Keeping Sydenham strong healthy’
The opening of the latest centre is another step to widen the accessibility for residents across the borough.
Rapid coronavirus tests are being offered to people without symptoms who need to leave home to work in Lewisham. A third rapid test centre is opening at Deptford Lounge on Monday, February 15, providing results by email or text messages within 30 minutes.
Lewisham Council is urging residents who need to leave home to work, volunteer or who are unpaid carers to get tested twice a weekly to help protect those around them. Dr Catherine Mbema, Director of Public Health for Lewisham, said: “Since we introduced rapid testing in Lewisham, over seven thousand residents have received a rapid test at one of our sites.