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Covid test centres for people without symptoms to be kept open on road out of lockdown
Stockton Council said that staff may also help out in the drive to give out second covid jabs
09:35, 1 MAR 2021
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A trio of testing centres for people without covid symptoms will be in operation until June at the earliest as rates continue to fall across Teesside.
A VIRUS support squad is being expanded at Stockton Council as efforts to bring a mass vaccination centre to the region gather pace. Stockton Council is recruiting five Covid support officers and 20 assistants to support contract tracing, testing and the wider roll out of the vaccination programme over the next six months. The drive comes as councils are expected to play an even bigger role in the pandemic fight amid calls to bring a mass jab hub to Teesside. Neighbouring Middlesbrough Council had to spring into action with surge testing last week in response to the emergence of the South African variant in the south of the town.
Virus squad job applications close this week - as calls for mass jab hub gather pace
Stockton Council is recruiting 5 covid support officers and 20 assistants to support contract tracing, testing and vaccination roll out
11:50, 22 FEB 2021
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Virus squad job applications close this week (Image: Ian Cooper / Teesside Live)
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