The COVID-19 mobile testing station at 1Leisure Medina in Newport has now finished but will return again on Wednesday, it has been announced.
Soldiers have moved the testing facility off the Island but will return to 1Leisure Medina on Wednesday 29th April, Thursday 30th April and Friday 1st May.
The facility is part of the national network of facilities provided by the Department of Health and Social Care, and is intended to rotate across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and cover symptomatic keyworkers from communities where it is more difficult to access some of the ‘permanent’ testing facilities, like the one in Portsmouth.
Over the 3 days the station was open, every eligible person who made an appointment for a test was offered one. The unit has a capacity of up to 200 tests per day, and a total of 409 people were tested over the 3 days. On no day was the testing station fully used, so there was always spare capacity if needed.
It is said that oher solutions may become available for Island people to have tests performed without having to go to Portsmouth. Details of these will be announced as soon as they are available.
A central government testing initiative using the postal service has been launched, with a limited number of tests per day. Full information in relation to how essential workers can access testing in this way can be found on the government website at
https://self-referral.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/.
Anyone who is considering attending the testing station should contact 0333 3218 865 to find out if they are eligible for testing, and to obtain an appointment.
So is it returning this week, or next week. The dates you have stated are this week, as today is 27th.
Yeah vinny well said doesnt really make sense does it.. headlines not the best as always on here.
Nice change, why you couldn’t accept you made a mistake when reporting this, God only knows, but hey, you crack on, as will I.
eligibility – if you are not a key worker – not eligible to be tested. If you are a key worker and not showing any symptoms, not eligible to be tested.
So, you must be symptomatic to be tested – in other words, a greater chance of pumping those positive results up, by ensuring everyone else cannot get tested.
Nothing like trying to skew the results to make it look worse than it really is.
from the governments website…
If you’re an essential worker who is self-isolating (not able to leave home), you can now apply for you and your household to get tested for coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Yes none given you are totally correct, the higher the numbers ,the worse the picture, the more social distancing laws we can keep in place. Oh and don’t forget, it’s for our own good.
@mr justice – the same as the NHS centralised “contact and tracing app” they want people to download – nothing like using the virus as a sneaky way to install government approved spyware on your phone – which will transmit your every move to the NHS database.
Sheeple, being tagged, monitored and controlled – that is what this is about.