Reading could get more testing sites, a public health consultant has revealed, after the town’s first testing centre opened last month.
A walk-in Covid testing centre opened at the University of Reading’s (UoR) London campus on October 24, while a mobile testing unit regularly stops at Prospect Park.
Prior to the opening of the UoR site, there was no testing centre in Reading other than irregular mobile testing units, with the closest at Newbury Showground and unaccesible by foot.
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Future permanent sites are being looked at, according to David Munday, Reading Borough Council’s (RBC) public health consultant, who was speaking at the Reading's Covid-19 Outbreak Engagement Board on Friday, November 6.
He said: “We are looking at establishing future sites in Reading and are liaising with the Department for Health.”
The next dates for the mobile testing unit at Prospect Park are November 6, 11 and 20.
The UoR site is open seven days a week and available to all.
Although it was previously suggested by the university that you would not need to book beforehand, this is not the case.
If you have symptoms, you should book a test on the government website at: https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test
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