Everyone in Sefton advised to get tested for coronavirus twice each week
Guidance comes amid rapidly growing rates in the borough
13:39, 13 MAY 2021
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People living in Sefton are being advised to take two lateral flow coronavirus tests each week.
The guidance comes amid rapidly growing rates in the borough.
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Resident Ollie Cowan receives a Covid test kit from one the door to door mass testing staff, in Southport, Merseyside, as neighbours in the PR9 postcode area try to combat the spread of the new South African Covid variant.
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