Get tested without delay, health chiefs urge Londoners in areas hit by Covid South African variant Nicholas Cecil,Ross Lydall and Joe Murphy
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Londoners in areas with surge testing to combat the Covid-19 South African variant were today urged to get a test “as soon as possible”.
The capital’s public health chief Professor Kevin Fenton issued the plea as more testing sites were being opened in south London.
More than half a million adults have been offered tests, including 264,000 in Lambeth, 265,000 in Wandsworth, and 14,800 in SE16 areas of Southwark.
Larges queues have formed in south London as hundreds of thousands more are being urged to get tested to try and stamp out a concerning strain of the virus which causes Covid-19. One expert said none of the vaccines are as effective against the South African variant - though studies suggest that the jabs still prevent severe disease and death. Rapid surge testing has been deployed in four London boroughs - with all adults in Wandsworth and Lambeth being asked to get a test and people in specific areas of Barnet and Southwark also invited to perform at test.
Coronavirus surge testing in Brockwell Park, south London. Michael Bedigan/PA Wire
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Hundreds of thousands of Londoners tested amid South African variant fears
Some 44 confirmed cases of the variant have been found in south London, with a further 30 probable cases identified. By Press Association Thursday 15 Apr 2021, 10:48 PM Thu 10:48 PM 43,936 Views 48 Comments
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THOUSANDS OF LONDON residents have queued to take coronavirus tests at additional facilities set up after new cases of the South African variant were found in boroughs across the English capital.
Some 44 confirmed cases of the variant have been found in Lambeth and Wandsworth, with a further 30 probable cases identified, the Department of Health and Social Care said.
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