Mobile Covid testing unit to return to Llanfyllin next week
A mobile testing unit will return to Llanfyllin from Monday to encourage people to continue to get a test for coronavirus if they are feeling unwell.
The unit will be placed in Llanfyllin Town Council Car Park, High Street.
Testing teams are urging people to continue to their nearest testing unit if they become unwell with any of the classic signs and symptoms which are a high temperature, a new, continuous cough, a loss of, or change to, your sense of smell or taste, or if generally feeling unwell.
Mobile testing is by appointment-only and provides a drive-through service.
Residents can also access the national testing centres in Newtown that you can access by car or on foot or cycle and the drive through appointment centre in Welshpool.
The continued rotation of the units are part of a rolling programme of mobile testing to ensure residents have access to Covid-19 testing as close to home as possible.
Residents who are feeling symptoms but are unable to attend a mobile testing unit can request a home testing kit.
For more information about Covid-19 testing in Powys, visit the health board’s website at www.pthb.nhs.wales/coronavirus/coronavirus-testing
Appointments in Llanfyllin and Newtown can be booked through the UK Government national booking portal, either online at gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test, by phone on 119, or 18001 119 for people with hearing or speech difficulties. This is also the way to request a home testing kit.
Residents in Welshpool can make an appointment at the community testing unit by calling 01874 612228 or by emailing powys.testing@wales.nhs.uk
