A coronavirus test is coming to a street near you! Kingston council has new two new Covid-19 testing buses which will be touring the borough.

Tomorrow (Friday) one will be stopping outside Tolworth Infant and Nursery School in School Lane off Red Lion Road, while the other will be outside the Hook Centre off Elm Road, Hook.

Tests will be available from 10.30am to 4pm – just turn up, no need to book.

Three pharmacies in the Surbiton area also offering rapid testing for people without symptoms. They are Newman Chemist and PSM Pharmacy both in Ewell Road, and Pearl Chemist in Tolworth Broadway.

You should get the result back in 10 to 15 minutes.

One in three people who contract coronavirus don’t get any symptoms so health officials think testing is a good way to track and prevent the spread of the virus.

Kingston’s director of public health Iona Lidington said: “Rapid lateral flow tests are fast, easy and reliable. They pick up around seven out of 10 positive cases of Covid-19. This means seven out of 10 people who would otherwise be out in the community spreading the virus can be supported to self isolate at home, breaking the onward transmission of the virus.”

From tomorrow, everyone across England will be able to access rapid COVID-19 tests twice a week. Along with the vaccine rollout, regular, twice-weekly testing is central to reopening our high streets and our economy safely, says Kingston Council.

For more information on rapid testing and other sites in the borough where you can access tests, visit www.kingston.gov.uk/rapid-testing