Published:
7:00 AM February 9, 2021
Redbridge Sensory Services will provide help to visually impaired people to access Covid-19 home testing kits.
- Credit: PA
Redbridge Council is offering help for visually impaired people and those with sensory disabilities to get access to Covid-19 home testing kits.
The system for requesting a Covid-19 test at home presents a considerable barrier to visually impaired people, especially those who don t have a support network.
Under the current process, people call 119 and need to provide a mobile phone number and email address, and need to read the barcode before returning the test.
For some individuals without a support network at home, or access to email or a mobile phone number, they have no way of accessing the service.