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RAPID COVID-19 testing for essential workers in Herefordshire is now available under a new initiative, and that includes Ledbury, where the site will be The Master's House. The scheme is part of the Government’s Community Asymptomatic Testing Programme and is being run locally by Herefordshire Council. Herefordshire Consultant in Public Health Sarah Smith said: “It is important we use every means available to help us detect the virus in our communities and make sure people isolate to prevent it spreading. Under the current lockdown arrangements, there are still people who need to at...

NEW coronavirus testing sites are opening in Herefordshire to try and find cases where people are not showing symptoms. There are currently two sites in Herefordshire which offer rapid testing for critical workers who cannot work from home, with a third opening next week. The sites, which are at The Royal National College for the Blind's thePoint4 building in Venns Lane, Hereford, and in Ross-on-Wye at the Ryefields Centre in Grammar School Close. A third site in Ledbury is due to open on February 16, but like the other two sites, will only be for workers whose employers have signed u...