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Bristol and South Gloucestershire mobile surge testing ends - what you need to know
Collect and Drop sites will stay open until Wednesday, February 24
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Today (Sunday, February 21) is the last day residents of 24 BS postcodes can get a Covid surge test at one of six mobile testing sites across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
Community surge testing is due to finish on Sunday in South Gloucestershire Residents living or working in specific postcodes are being urged to get a covid-19 test before the community surge testing programme in Bristol and South Gloucestershire ends this weekend. Over 33,500 tests have been completed since the programme launched on Sunday, February 7. More than 14,700 tests have been carried out at the six mobile testing units (MTUs) set up, while over 18,700 tests were returned to Collect and Drop sites across Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Health leaders are thanking residents who have taken part in the two week programme, and encouraging those who are eligible, but have not yet been tested, to get a test before the end of the weekend.
Half of Covid-19 surge tests yet to be returned as council appeals for them back
The surge testing is trying to track the new Bristol variant
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More than half the people who took Covid-19 test kits home as part of the efforts to track the new Bristol variant of the virus haven t yet returned them - and now health chiefs are appealing for people to hand them back in.
An update on surge testing Over 15,000 COVID-19 tests have been carried out or collected for home testing across Bristol and South Gloucestershire, as part of the community surge testing programme, which launched on Sunday 7 February. Of the total, 7,600 tests were carried out at mobile testing units (MTUs) in the first three days of the programme in Bristol and South Gloucestershire (Sunday 7 February to Tuesday 9 February). Furthermore, over 7,500 tests were collected for home testing from community based Collect and Drop locations in Bristol and South Gloucestershire in the first day of sites opening (on Tuesday 9 February). Of those visiting Collect and Drop locations in Bristol, almost a quarter have returned their tests already. Officials are reminding everyone with home kits to take their tests, register them and return them as soon as possible.