Citylife in Lichfield February 2021

Make Testing Part
of Your Routine
People who must leave their homes to make essential visits
during lockdown are being urged to get tested in one of
Staffordshire’s Community Testing Centres.
The centres, one in each district and borough are open seven
days a week for people without symptoms.
Being open over weekends will give people having to make
essential visits through the week more options to get tested
regularly.
1 in 3 people do not display any symptoms – getting tested
regularly provides peace of mind that essential travellers are
not unwittingly spreading the virus to the vulnerable.
Dr Johnny McMahon Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet
Member for Health, Care and Wellbeing, said: “Everyone in
Staffordshire should be staying at home wherever possible.
However, there are some people who cannot work from home
and some people who are making essential visits.
“For these people we are strongly urging to get tested
regularly.”
Getting a test is quick, simple, free and now available seven
days a week. Making it part of your weekly routine may well
protect the people you interact with on a day-to-day basis and
the wider community at large.
Several lateral flow testing sites have been set up in the area
– these give results within 30 minutes.
For anybody in a Covid hotspot area where numbers of cases
are very high, it is especially important to get tested if they have
to leave the house.
These tests are only available for people who do not have
Covid symptoms. You can book a test by visiting:
https://staffordshire.zipporah.co.uk/trackandtrace.
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