Mobile Covid testing continues in Aberdeenshire thanks to support from Scottish Fire and Rescue
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As schools have returned across the north-east, mobile Covid testing teams have found new locations for the coming weeks.
A spokesperson for Aberdeenshire Council who are running the scheme explained: "During the summer holidays, we operated from the grounds of our secondary schools, but the return to classes meant we had to find alternative locations.
"In a great display of partnership working, Scottish Fire and Rescue duly stepped up to the mark and invited us to locate our testing centres at fire stations in Banff, Inverurie, Laurencekirk and Turriff.
"This means we can continue to provide important lateral flow tests across our communities – without the need to book – and where residents can also collect their own kits for testing at home."
For full details of mobile testing centres this coming week –
Monday, August 23 - Peterhead Maiden Street car-park - 2pm-7pm;Westhill Swimming Pool - 10am-3pm; Portlethen Swimming pool -10am – 2pm (Collect only).
Tuesday 24 - Banff Fire Station - 10am-3pm; Laurencekirk Fire Station - 10am-3pm; Fraserburgh Maconochie House - 10am-3pm.
Wednesday 25 - Fraserburgh Maconochie House - 10am-3pm; Stonehaven Carlton House - 10am-3pm; Banff Fire Station - 10am-3pm.
Thursday 26 - Turriff Fire Station - 10am-3pm; Banchory Fire Station - 10am-3pm; Inverurie Fire Station - 10am-3pm
Friday 27 - Ellon Old Academy Car Park 10am-3pm; Inverurie Fire Station - 10am-3pm; Peterhead Maiden Street car-park - 10am-3pm
It is estimated that one in three people with coronavirus do not display symptoms and therefore some people will be spreading the virus without realising it.
Testing without symptoms is entirely voluntarily.
By visiting a Mobile Community Testing Centre and taking the test, residents will be able to better protect their family, colleagues and the wider community by ensuring they are not spreading the virus to others without knowing it.
