Pop up testing sites advice sites heading to Kirkby and Huyton

 

Knowsley residents will be able to pick up testing kits and get advice on regular COVID-19 home testing at our pop-up sites this week.

The team will be on hand to provide anybody who comes along with home testing kits and demonstrate how you use them and record your results.

Any residents who are having trouble recording their results are also invited to visit the pop-up site where the team will be on hand to guide through the process. It is really important that anyone using home testing kits records their results, regardless of if they are positive, negative or void.

It has never been more important to regularly test for COVID-19. This week the infection rate in Knowsley rose to over 100 per 100,000 for the first time since lockdown. The emergence of the Delta variant (which is 60% transmissible, including in indoor settings), and the easing of lockdown restrictions are the main drivers behind the increasing number of cases.

With more and more of us socialising and enjoying the easing of restrictions it is vital that we all do our bit to stop COVID-19 spreading.

1 in 3 people who have COVID-19 will not experience any symptoms. However, they could still unknowingly pass the virus on to others.  Regularly testing for coronavirus is the best way for us to identify cases of the virus and stop the spread through isolation.

The pop sites will be at:

St Andrews Church, Tower Hill, 6 St Andrews View, L33 1ZF on Wednesday 23 June from 12pm-4pm

And

Opposite the Harold Wilson Statue, Corner of Huyton Hey Road and Derby Road, Huyton Village on  Friday 25 June from 12pm – 4pm

The pop sites will only be providing testing kits for those who DO NOT have symptoms of COVID-19. If you have any of the COVID symptoms (high temperature, new or persistent cough or a loss of taste or smell), stay at home and book a test through www.nhs.uk/coronavirus or ring 119. There are 3 testing sites in Knowsley for people displaying symptoms (in Huyton, Kirkby and Stockbridge Village) and you will be offered the first available appointment at a test centre. Please note, you need an appointment to attend these testing sites.