Concern over Covid-19 testing take-up in Stockton as officials monitor Indian variant
TOO few people are coming forward for Covid-19 tests in Stockton amid continued concern over the potential impact of the Indian variant of the virus which has taken hold in some parts of the country. Sarah Bowman-Abouna, the borough’s director of public health, told a health and wellbeing board meeting that testing activity in the town was “quite low”. She said: “We need to continue to encourage people to get tested where they don’t have symptoms.” Ms Bowman-Abouna said the North-East as a whole had seen a high rate of increase in the Indian Covid variant, but actual numbe...
Source: darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk
