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A mass COVID testing centre at Diss Leisure Centre. Picture: Danielle Booden
- Credit: Danielle Booden
More than 6,000 people have taken part in surge testing in South Norfolk, in a bid to detect the new South African variant of Covid-19.
Around 6,100 people living and working in the parishes of Diss and Roydon have now participated in targeted surge testing.
Norfolk Public Health and South Norfolk Council have applauded the efforts of local people and remain keen to remind anyone who has collected a home test kit since Friday to complete their test and return it as soon as possible.
They urged anyone who had not yet booked a test to do so this week.
More than 5,000 people arrive for Covid testing in Diss on Friday
| Updated: 22:24, 21 February 2021
More than 5,000 people living and working in Diss and Roydon arrived for testing on Friday, following the emergence of the South African coronavirus strain in the region earlier this week.
The 14-day programme of precautionary testing was launched on Friday, February 19, after a very small number of cases of the variant which could not be traced back to international travel were identified in the region.
A total of 10,000 people have been targeted for testing in the area, which has been available via three mobile testing units, home testing swabs available at two pick up sites, or testing kits delivered door-to-door for those unable to attend local sites.
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.