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Residents across Essex have been urged to book a Lateral Flow Test in a bid to avoid the risk of spreading coronavirus. There are now 13 fast Covid-19 testing centres in full operation across the county, offering those without symptoms easy access to a fast Lateral Flow Test (LFTs) - otherwise known as a rapid test - to check if they have the virus. Essex County Council (ECC) has led on the roll-out of the centres, alongside district council partners, and rapid LFTs are now the default testing approach in Essex. Around 50,000 people have been tested to date and residents are bein...

Residents across Essex have been urged to book a Lateral Flow Test in a bid to avoid the risk of spreading coronavirus. There are now 13 fast Covid-19 testing centres in full operation across the county, offering those without symptoms easy access to a fast Lateral Flow Test (LFTs) - otherwise known as a rapid test - to check if they have the virus. Essex County Council (ECC) has led on the roll-out of the centres, alongside district council partners, and rapid LFTs are now the default testing approach in Essex. Around 50,000 people have been tested to date and residents are bein...

Residents across Essex have been urged to book a Lateral Flow Test in a bid to avoid the risk of spreading coronavirus. There are now 13 fast Covid-19 testing centres in full operation across the county, offering those without symptoms easy access to a fast Lateral Flow Test (LFTs) - otherwise known as a rapid test - to check if they have the virus. Essex County Council (ECC) has led on the roll-out of the centres, alongside district council partners, and rapid LFTs are now the default testing approach in Essex. Around 50,000 people have been tested to date and residents are bein...

By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex The infection rate in Epping Forest, once the worst affected part of England, is now below 500. Photos: PA Wire The rate of infection in Epping Forest has fallen below the 500 mark for the first time since December. At its peak in early January, the rate of infection had hit a whopping 1,400 new cases in seven days per 100,000 residents and was the highest in England. However, for the last two weeks th...

Essex County Councillor John Spence - Credit: PAUL STARR Photographer Uttlesford has the lowest coronavirus case rate in Essex in the seven days to January 14, Essex County Council said yesterday (Jan 21).  Within this period, there were 9,592 confirmed cases in Essex, according to data received by the council. There was a significant reduction in case rates reported across Essex, with all areas showing a fall. All areas had under 1,000 cases per 100,000, with the lowest Uttlesford at 440 per 100,000.  Essex County Council’s cabinet member for health and adult social care, Councillor...