Every Swindon resident can now access Covid-19 tests even if they do not have any symptoms.
About 1 in 3 people with coronavirus do not have symptoms but can still infect others. Getting tested regularly is the only way to know if you have the virus. If people test positive and self-isolate, it helps stop the virus spreading.
To enable for asymtomatic Covid cases to be detected, the Government is making rapid lateral flow tests available for everyone.
The process involves rubbing a long cotton bud (swab) over your tonsils (or where they would have been) and inside your nose.
The tests can give you a result in 30 minutes. They use a device similar to a pregnancy test and do not need to be sent to a lab.
You can do a rapid test at home or at a rapid lateral flow test site.
If you test positive, you and anyone you live with will need to self-isolate.
For information on how to access lateral flow tests, please visit: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing/regular-rapid-coronavirus-tests-if-you-do-not-have-symptoms/?fbclid=IwAR3L8ZeVAXq6TgFZSrvr1hjv9Fj8dUsvL7q33L4a4X4g6Rei1FQZcYsaows
