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Director of Public Health Lucy Wightman said the school s quick response has helped identify close contacts and reduce the risk of transmission.
Mrs Wightman said: “The school has been hugely supportive, both in quick actions at the start of the outbreak and in enabling us to facilitate whole school community testing.
“This operation is now under way with trained staff providing support to the school community.
“I’d like to thank the school community for their support so far. From what we have seen today in the response to the first parts of the testing we are sure that the remaining residents of Towcester will be as supportive, should the need for surge testing arise.
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Lateral flow device test kits deliver results within half-an-hour
These 30-minute tests are aimed at those with no coronavirus symptoms but could still be carrying the virus around one in three of all those with Covid-19.
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They are recommended twice-weekly and available at testing centres across the county, for use at home, in workplaces and in secondary schools.
Public Health director, Lucy Wightman, said: “The survey takes about two minutes and the aim is to find out what residents and those working in Northamptonshire know about lateral flow device testing and whether they are taking up the opportunity for testing at home.
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