COVID-19 enhanced testing for variant of concern

Public Health England has found a COVID-19 variant of concern first identified in India in some parts of Ealing. The council is making COVID-19 testing and vaccination as accessible as possible to all residents and workers in the borough over a four-week intensified period of activity. 

Residents are being asked to take part in extra testing to help stop the spread of this more transmissible variant and to avoid the need for further lockdown restrictions. You can read more on the council’s website here.  

Everyone aged over 16 are urged to take part by doing the following to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Please encourage your staff to:

• Take one PCR test
• Get vaccinated when they can
• Continue taking twice-weekly rapid tests to ensure they are not spreading the virus without knowing.