Published:
7:25 PM May 12, 2021
All of the Covid-19 rapid testing centres in Suffolk are closing down at the end of this month
- Credit: Suffolk Resilience Forum
Suffolk s coronavirus rapid testing centres are shutting down as people prefer home testing and the need for centres is tailing off.
More than 700,000 home testing kits have been handed out in the county, whereas the 28 community sites set up across Suffolk completed 90,000 tests since January with 155 positive cases identified.
Stuart Keeble, director of public health for Suffolk, said: “The centres played a valuable role in the outstanding testing capacity we have delivered since January – it was an ambitious roll-out and we achieved this with efficiency and effectiveness.
Published:
7:25 PM May 12, 2021
All of the Covid-19 rapid testing centres in Suffolk are closing down at the end of this month
- Credit: Suffolk Resilience Forum
Suffolk s coronavirus rapid testing centres are shutting down as people prefer home testing and the need for centres is tailing off.
More than 700,000 home testing kits have been handed out in the county, whereas the 28 community sites set up across Suffolk completed 90,000 tests since January with 155 positive cases identified.
Stuart Keeble, director of public health for Suffolk, said: “The centres played a valuable role in the outstanding testing capacity we have delivered since January – it was an ambitious roll-out and we achieved this with efficiency and effectiveness.
A £1 million refurbishment was finished at Waterlane Leisure Centre in March.
- Credit: Nick Butcher
Tim Snook, leisure development partnership manager at East Suffolk Council, said: We are really pleased to be able to welcome customers back next week as we know many are keen to get back to their fitness regimes. We have invested significantly in our leisure centres over the past five years, bringing refreshed state-of-the-art facilities to our local communities. This means people can now enjoy local facilities that are beyond excellent and offer an enhanced experience to meet all their fitness needs in a safe environment.
A £1 million refurbishment was finished at Waterlane Leisure Centre in March.
- Credit: Nick Butcher
Tim Snook, leisure development partnership manager at East Suffolk Council, said: We are really pleased to be able to welcome customers back next week as we know many are keen to get back to their fitness regimes. We have invested significantly in our leisure centres over the past five years, bringing refreshed state-of-the-art facilities to our local communities. This means people can now enjoy local facilities that are beyond excellent and offer an enhanced experience to meet all their fitness needs in a safe environment.
Cyril and Jean Webb outside their shop J&C Webb in Orwell Road, Felixstowe
- Credit: ANDY ABBOTT
Tributes have been paid to a much-loved, kind and warm-hearted man who served his home town as mayor three times.
Cyril Webb has been hailed as a great ambassador for Felixstowe, where he grew up, ran a town centre shop and represented his community on countless organisations over the years.
Mr Webb, 84, whose funeral was held this week, ran with his wife Jean the luggage and travel goods and gift shop J&C Webb in the town centre.
Cyril and Jean Webb, when they were mayor and mayoress in 2005 launching Felixstowe in Flower