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Testing for COVID-19 remains a key tool in our fight against the virus, says Johanna Jefferies, Associate Director of Public Health for the Isle of Wight.
Sites of the rapid testing centres on the Isle of Wight. TWO new rapid response Covid testing centres are set to open on the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight Council is using funding from central government to set up symptom free (asymptomatic) testing sites and has already opened centres in Newport, Sandown and Ryde. The two new centres will be in Cowes and Yarmouth. Community testing is for people without Covid-19 symptoms, who cannot work from home. If you do have symptoms, you should self-isolate immediately and book a test for people with symptoms online or by calling 119. Those tests will take place at the Newclose Cricket Club site.
Anyone who needs a test should be able to access one, is the message. Although there has been a sharp rise in the amount of people contracting the virus on the Isle of Wight in the past week, officials have confirmed the local testing centre is keeping up with demand. The centre was originally set up at Medina but was moved to Newclose, on Blackwater Road, in August.
Site of the Covid testing facility at Newclose Cricket Club. A department of Health and Social Care spokesperson told the County Press on Christmas Eve: “NHS Test and Trace continues to test record numbers of people and people can have confidence that if they have symptoms and need a test, they can get one.