This comes after Buckinghamshire Council surveyed the Kingsbrook area of the town, with the people involved self-isolating and following all of the recommended guidance.
There will also be a group of official volunteers knocking on doors in the affected area on Saturday 15 May between 9.15am and 4.30pm to deliver tests to people who have not been able to attend a mobile testing unit. Even people who are not showing any symptoms, previously had COVID-19, or have had a COVID-19 vaccination are being asked to take a test.
Kingsbrook in Aylesbury Jane O’Grady Director of Public Health for Buckinghamshire said: “The UK has one of the best genome surveillance systems in the world which has allowed us to detect the variant first identified in India, here in the Kingsbrook, Aylesbury area.
Volunteers will be knocking on doors in the affected area on Saturday 15 May between 9.15am and 4.30pm to deliver tests to people who have not been able to attend a mobile testing unit. There are also number of mobile testing units in Aylesbury where people can get the Covid-19 PCR test; they do not need an appointment – they can just turn up at:
Lidl Supermarket Car Park, 61 Oakfield Road, Aylesbury HP22 1GD: Thursday, May 13, Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15 from 9am to 5pm
Aktiva Nursery and Pre-School Car Park, Siding Road, Broughton, Bierton, Aylesbury HP22 7AY: Thursday, May 13, Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15 from 8.30am to 1.30pm and 2.30pm to 6.30pm
Local World War II paratrooper to be honored
By Darryl McGee - dmcgee@aimmediamidwest.com
File photo Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate employee Kevin Price (left) and World War II veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin look over the C-47 aircraft displayed at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Martin turns 100 April 24 and a big celebration is planned.
XENIA Jim “Pee Wee” Martin will be celebrating his 100th birthday in style.
The World War II paratrooper from Greene County will be honored with The “100th Birthday Jump Fest” at Skydive Greene County on Saturday, April 24.
Martin was a member of the “Screaming Eagle” 101st Airborne Division, part of G Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Its members were some of the first Allied soldiers to enter an occupied France. He also participated in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge.