A third walk-in Covid-19 testing site has opened in Wolverhampton.
From tomorrow (SAT 15 AUG), Mountford Lane car park in Bilston will open daily between 8am-8pm for people with coronavirus symptoms.
The new site is part of ongoing plans by City of Wolverhampton Council to increase the number of people getting tested while making it more accessible for residents.
It follows the opening of Showell Road, off Stafford Road, and Whitmore Reans Health Centre as other walk-in testing sites.
Councillor Linda Leach, City of Wolverhampton’s cabinet member for Adults, welcomed the opening of the Bilston testing centre.
“As cabinet member for Adults I want to encourage people of all ages, including the vulnerable, to get tested if they have any symptoms,” she said.
“Mountford Lane car park is a convenient location in Bilston for local people to get tested. We want to boost the number of people getting tests across the city and the new site will help us do that.”
Testing is available free of charge to anyone who has symptoms of Covid-19, no matter how mild. These include a fever, a new, continuous cough and loss or change to a person’s sense of taste and smell.
People with symptoms who would like to book a test can do so by visiting www.nhs.uk/coronavirus.
Anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace and will be asked to share information about people that have been close contacts recently.
The latest information and guidance around coronavirus is available at www.gov.uk/coronavirus and on the council’s own coronavirus pages at www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/coronavirus.
There’s lots of advice on how people can protect themselves and their families from coronavirus from the NHS at www.nhs.uk/coronavirus.
