Door-to-do testing for South African variant of Covid-19 in ME15 areas | Updated: 18:56, 01 February 2021 Members of the the emergency services will be knocking on doors in the ME15 postcode area of Maidstone which includes the wards of South, Loose, High Street and Shepway North. Testing will be carried out in a large part of Maidstone This includes police officers, fire men and council officers who have been deployed to help get as many people tested as possible, to prevent the spread of the strain. The person who tested positive lives and works in Maidstone and no connection to travel to South Africa could be established, consequently raising the prospect of community transmission.