Surge Testing and Letter from the Secretary of State for Education
Surge Testing
People who live or work in two Chester postcode areas are asked to book a COVID-19 test in response to the increase in positive cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant in the area.
Surge testing will be taking place in Chester postcodes CH1 3 and CH 1 4, where the infection rates are significantly higher than the borough average.
Residents living or working in postal codes CH1 3 and CH1 4 are strongly encouraged to take a PCR test, whether or not they are showing symptoms and regardless of whether they have had the COVID-19 vaccine. Residents who have had a positive PCR test in the last 90 days do not need to take another PCR test at this time.
A press release with full details of how residents can book a PCR test can be found on the Council website.
Schools are asked to share this message through their own communications channels to help get the information out to local communities.
Letter to parents from the Secretary of State for Education
Today the Secretary of State for Education has written an open letter to parents encouraging continued regular testing, to support all the hard work schools and colleges have been doing to increase participation.
The Public Health England COVID-19 resource centre has been updated with new testing resources to support your outgoing communications to parents and students in secondary schools and colleges. This includes:
social and poster resources – to stress the importance of continued testing and reporting in settings and on school social media channels
a test explainer kit with practical resources to support self-testing at home, including the vital step of reporting
