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Corona virus testing

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annsixty Tue 08-Sept-20 06:58:34

Forgive me if this has already been aired.
Are any of you having to travel several miles for a test?
I spoke to a friend who lives in Cambridge yesterday.
She is 83 and last week had her second op for bladder cancer.
She had to take a 50 mile round trip for the compulsory test before surgery.
She was told it could have been much further.
Is this because the system is overwhelmed, sometimes by over anxious people, or a shortage of the testing kits in some areas?

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BlueBelle Tue 29-Sept-20 07:41:30

Did you hear of the lady who was told to go to Aberdeen which was a very very long way from her home she rang later giving an Aberdeen post code and was given a test in ....drum roll.... her home town

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Furret Tue 29-Sept-20 08:03:34

Really? Sounds made up.

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Callistemon Tue 29-Sept-20 09:52:35

No, something similar was reported on our local news. Eventually a test place was allocated 30 miles away from home being offered Aberdeen.
It was a man with a child who needed a test.

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Callistemon Tue 29-Sept-20 09:54:03

Sorry, that doesn't make sense!
Man was offered Aberdeen for a test for his child, lived in Bristol, eventually offered Newport in Wales.

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Hollyhock1 Tue 29-Sept-20 09:57:09

My son and his wife were sent on a 100mile round trip for their tests, yet there's a testing centre in our local Tesco car park some 5 miles away! Crazy. Both tested negative.

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