direct to your inbox Three new areas in the UK are to have door-to-door testing due to the South African variant of coronaviurs being detected.
Middlesbrough, Hampshire and more areas in Walsall will now be offered extra testing for the virus.People living within the targeted areas are being encouraged to take a Covid-19 test even if they aren't showing any symptoms of the virus, the Government announced on Saturday.A case of the South African variant of Covid-19 has been identified in the village of Bramley, near Basingstoke, Hampshire.Residents of the area aged over 16 will next week be subject to a surge-testing programme in a bid to find any further cases of the variant.In Middlesborough, an additional test centre has been set up at the.