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Borough high Covid rate areas to have door-to-door testing from this weekend

Door-to-door testing will begin this weekend as part of ongoing surge testing in areas of Bedford Borough to tackle the high rates of infection locally.

Seven cases of Covid ‘variant of concern’ identified in Bedford Borough

Additional testing of close contacts will be carried out at two educational settings in Bedford Borough after the council was notified of seven cases of a variant known as VOC-21APR-02 (first identified in India)...

Launch of free rapid Covid testing for workers without symptoms at the Bunyan Centre

Bedford residents who are in contact with other members of the public as part of their work are now able to access free, rapid Covid-19 (coronavirus) tests and are encouraged to take a test twice a week...

Lateral flow testing introduced from 8 March for all school and college aged children

As schools and colleges prepare for all students to return from next Monday (8 March), the government has confirmed that regular lateral flow testing will take place to help keep...

Preparation for mass-testing delays secondary schools’ return, but primaries will open in January

In preparation for mass-testing, secondary school pupils in Bedford Borough are to remain at home as the new term starts next week, following a government announcement yesterday (Wednesday)...

Mass Covid testing to be rolled out in secondary schools and colleges in January

The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that mass Covid testing of secondary school and college pupils will be rolled out in January...

Mass Covid testing in schools and colleges to begin in January

The Department of Education (DfE) has announced that secondary schools and colleges will stagger their return after Christmas and mass coronavirus testing will be rolled out...

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