10 March 2021 14:33 PM
A Covid-19 testing scheme is being rolled out across West Sussex for adults with no symptoms. Called the pan-Sussex Community Testing Programme, it launches this week as a partnership between West Sussex County Council, East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council.
The rapid lateral flow tests are free and available to anyone living or working in these council areas who cannot work from home and cannot get the test in any other way.
Chair of the Local Outbreak Engagement Board, West Sussex Councillor Amanda Jupp, said: “It is encouraging to see the rate of infection fall across West Sussex, but it is still the case that a third of people with Covid-19 may be passing it on without knowing it.
“The ability to test people who need to leave home for work, but who don’t have symptoms, is another important step that will help us return to normal life as soon as possible.”
Tests can be booked at a participating pharmacy anywhere in Sussex, or at one of two dedicated testing sites, one at the Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre in Brighton and one at Hove Town Hall. More pharmacies will be available across Sussex in the coming weeks
For more info and to book, go here.
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