Three mobile coronavirus testing sites are being built in Bolton - the first will open this weekend

NHScoronavirus tests to prove they don't have the disease before they go on holiday.

updated MPs in the House of Commons this afternoon on coronavirus - and detailed the government's "lines of defence".

Bolton council staff 'do not have the resource to deliver what is needed'. Mr Logan asked that contact tracing be ramped up to help deal with the testing chaos.

Rochdale is approaching 100 cases per 100,000 people, with an infection rate of 90.8.That's the fourth highest in Greater Manchester.The testing unit will be open from 10.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Wednesday between 10.30am and 3.30pm on High Street car park, off St Mary’s Gate behind the Dunelm store.Tests must be booked. Appointments can be made by ringing 119 or at nhs.uk/coronavirus.

coronavirus testing sites are being set up, while the government insists it is ramping up lab capacity. Ministers are also urging people to only book a test if they have Covid-19 symptoms, or if they have directly been told to by a clinician.But where exactly can you get a coronavirus test? The Department of Health has set up around 200 testing sites across the UK since the start of the pandemic.

Manchester Evening News reported yesterday how 110 schools across the region now have confirmed Covid cases. Thousands of pupils with positive cases in their 'bubbles' have been sent home and told to self-isolate since schools reopened.

Farnworth, said on Tuesday morning there were three coronavirus patients in critical care and a total of 20 on wards. It added an increased number of patients under 65 are being admitted, with some in their 40s and 50s.

Wigan coronavirus testing centre are no longer being accepted due to a surge in demand.  Appointments at the Chapel Lane centre have been temporarily suspended while staff deal with a backlog in bookings, Wigan Council leader David Molyneux confirmed.  Councillor Molyneux said a large number of residents have been attempting to use the independent testing centre due to failures in the national system. It is hoped the centre will soon be back up and running as a “matter of urgency”. Council

Covid-19 test if you have symptoms? The Department of Health has set up 17 testing sites across Greater Manchester, and mobile units are also deployed to the areas most in need.The region currently has two regional drive-through sites, which you'll need a car to access, and 15 local walk-in sites, which are accessible by car or foot. No matter which site you attend, you will need to book an appointment through the government's online booking system first.The system will ask whether you have

As infection rates continue to rise across much of the region, a testing nightmare isn't what Greater Manchester needs.

asked to follow this guidance.All tests must be booked in advance and there are no walk-up or drop-in testing sites in Bolton.Bolton NHS Foundation Trust said there are currently 23 people with confirmed Covid in the hospital, along with 26 suspected cases. It is understood a clear pattern has emerged in the past week of middle-aged men needing hospital treatment for the virus.

have reported being sent as far as Llandudno for a test, and a centre that was supposed to arrive at the Last Drop Village in Bolton on Saturday failed to show up.Bolton now has the highest coronavirus infection rate in the country at more than 190 cases per 100,000 people.

coronavirus testing centre failed to turn up in Bolton, leaving dozens waiting hours for an appointment, before eventually being sent home without being testedMobile testing at the Last Drop Village, in Bromley Cross, had been offered to a number of patients, with appointments set for Saturday morning (September 12).Although patients stuck to their end of the deal, it then became clear that the mobile testing unit would not be arriving at all.Rachel Louise was one of those people waiting, having

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Manchester Evening News , as coronavirus cases continue to rise locally and seven more hospital deaths were reported on Friday: "The wheels are falling off the national testing programme and the government seems to be unwilling and unable to respond in any other way except enforcement and lockdown.

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