Coronavirus Testing in North East
07/05/2020
A Government announcement has been made about the increase in testing capacity and that more people have been made eligible to book into the system.
Testing for Covid-19 is now available to people in the North East at a range of locations. Testing sites can be accessed by anyone who is an eligible essential worker, including health and social care staff only (including the independent and voluntary sectors).
Testing is available for:
- all eligible essential workers,
- anyone over 65 with symptoms
- anyone with symptoms whose work cannot be done from home (for example, construction workers, shop workers, emergency plumbers and delivery drivers)
- anyone who has symptoms of coronavirus that lives with those identified above.
Please see the attatched document for further information.
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