A NEW walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened in Earlestown for those with symptoms to book appointments. The testing centre at Fairclough Street Car Park is part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to continue to improve the accessibility of coronavirus testing for local communities. Testing at this site is only available for those with coronavirus symptoms – a high temperature, a new continuous cough, or a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste. Anyone with one or more of these symptoms should book a test at nhs.uk/coronavirus or by calling 119. The government is committed to continue expanding the capacity of the network of UK test sites and laboratories to make it even easier to get tested and reduce the time it takes to receive test results.
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3 February 2021 • 7:03 PM
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Boris Johnson said he would absolutely support a campaign to erect a statue in honour of Sir Captain Tom Moore, as the nation came together to mark his memory with a clap on Wednesday night.
Russia has contacted Germany to see if it can manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine there the day after clinical trial data showed that its Sputnik-V jab is 91.6 per cent effective.
Users of the NHS Covid-19 App are now eligible to apply for £500 self-isolation payment. A COUNCILLOR has renewed her call for more support to be given to those forced to self-isolate to contain covid as it emerged around 20,000 people a day contacted by the Test and Trace system are not fully complying with instructions to self isolate. Cllr Sue Howarth, Labour spokesman for health said that in Bolton coronavirus outbreaks are occurring in offices and there was a notable infection rate among those in there 20s. The Bolton News reported recently how dozens of applications for discretionary £500 payments to help people self-isolate in Bolton have been rejected.
Tory peer Dido Harding is in charge of the UK Government s National Institute for Health Protection A UK Government health chief has been panned by scientists after claiming no-one could have predicted Covid-19 would mutate. Baroness Dido Harding also warned that around 20,000 people a day contacted by England’s Test and Trace system are not fully complying with instructions to self-isolate. The comments came as she appeared in front of MPs on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. The Tory peer, who heads the National Institute for Health Protection after being promoted from her former role running England’s test and trace system, warned that the so-called Kent variant has now become endemic and accounts for more than 70% of cases in England.
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