People who cannot work from home have been urged to get tested as three new Covid testing stations open in Leeds.
Leeds City Council said the sites are vital as one in three workers with the virus are asymptomatic and will spread it without realising.
The new sites have opened at Headingley Campus and City Campus, at Leeds Beckett University and the Old Fire Station, in Gipton, as part of the council's big to find more positive cases quickly and drive down transmission rates.
Councillor Salma Arif, Leeds City Council’s executive member for public health, said: “We’ve launched this initiative to help drive down transmission rates. Increased community testing is a vital additional tool at our disposal to help identify those who are infected and infectious, but unaware that they might be spreading the disease.
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"Broadening testing to identify those showing no symptoms will mean finding positive cases more quickly and breaking chains of transmission.
“I’d encourage as many asymptomatic people as possible who can’t work from home to take advantage of this new service. By doing so, they’ll not only be protecting themselves but also all those around them.”
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Opening times for the sites:
- Headingley Campus, Leeds Beckett University, LS6 3QS (Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm)
- City Campus, Leeds Beckett University, LS1 3HE (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm)
- The Old Fire Station, Gipton, LS9 6NL (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9am to 3.30pm; Wednesday 2pm to 8pm; Saturday 9am to 3pm)
