NHS Borders has confirmed that a mobile testing unit will rotate among three towns. Photo: Helen Barrington A CORONAVIRUS mobile testing unit (MTU) in the Borders will now rotate between three towns, the region’s health board has confirmed. NHS Borders has been offering polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 tests via an MTU in Hawick at the Teviotdale Leisure Centre. However, the health board has announced that the MTU will now rotate between Hawick, Peebles and Duns. NHS Borders’ director of Public Health, Tim Patterson, said: “Testing is a key element in keeping COVID-19 cases as low as possible, especially as restrictions continue to ease.
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Residents from West Linton are being called on to book a Covid-19 test, even if they are not showing symptoms of the virus. NHS Borders has decided to roll out the Covid-19 community testing programme further, to include anyone living or working in West Linton and surrounding areas. It comes after a spike in cases in the region over the past weeks and evidence that it is spreading within these local communities. Residents in Hawick have also been invited to book a test. Testing for West Linton will be available over the next fortnight from the Mobile Testing Unit located at the Graham Institute on Wednesday 27 & Thursday 28 January and Tuesday 2 & Wednesday 3 February.
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In the face of Brexit discussions, the protection of
agricultural products and foodstuffs, with regards to the quality
we have come to expect, remains unclear.
As a self-proclaimed food-snob, frequenter of whisky bars and
connoisseur of fine wines, I caught myself pondering the
post-Brexit future of my favourite EU/UK food and drink
produce.
Faced with a mixed cheese and charcuterie platter consisting of
Parma Ham, Danish Blue, Brie de Meaux, Camembert de Normandie,
Gorgonzola and, you guessed it, from my resident country -