Key messages
- Getting both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination is still our best chance of protecting ourselves from the most severe symptoms of COVID-19 and those people who are most at risk from the virus.
- Rapid testing is still really important to help slow the spread of infection. Twice-weekly testing gives you the best chance of stopping Covid in it’s tracks. More than 100 pharmacies across the county are set up as collection points for FREE rapid COVID-19 tests. You can also visit a local pharmacy to take a test on site. Find out more.
- Secondary school pupils who have been testing regularly whilst at school are encouraged to keep going throughout the summer holidays. Testing regularly even though you have no symptoms is an important way to control the virus.
- If you can’t meet friends and family outside, remember to open windows and doors to let plenty of fresh air in.
- Ill or injured, but not life threatening? Visit NHS 111 or call 111. The 111 phone service can book you into the right NHS service for you e.g. a number of community minor injury & illness units across Glos are open ‘til 8pm
- The test, trace and isolate steps will continue to play an important role in managing the virus and reduce the risk of it mutating and new variants developing.
- It remains a legal requirement, to self-isolate if you are Covid positive and until at least 16 August, for all contacts of a positive case to isolate. If you
- are a close contact of someone who has tested positive for Covid you are still encourage to get a PCR test.
- Although no longer a legal requirement, face coverings, social distancing and regular handwashing remain effective ways to help reduce the risk of spreading Covid
Testing
In the preceding 30 days of reporting (27 June- 27 July) under our local pillar 2* testing sites 345,324 tests have been undertaken in Gloucestershire residents, 2.8 % of these were positive.
Mobile Testing Unit (MTU) locations⁶
- Car Park off Newerne Street, Lydney, GL15 5RA (Friday, Wednesday and Thursday)
- Car Park, Oldends Lane, Stonehouse, GL10 2DG (Friday, Sunday and Thursday)
- Lower Lode Depot, Lower Lode Lane, Tewkesbury, GL20 5TT (Friday- Thursday)
- Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road, Cirencester, GL7 6JS (Friday-Thursday)
- Hartpury University & Hartpury College, Gloucester, GL19 3BE (Saturday)
- University Of Gloucestershire, Entrance 3, Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH (Sunday)
- North RFC, Stoke Orchard Road, Bishops Cleeve, GL52 7DG (Monday-Wednesday)
- Dursley Rugby Club, Hounds Green, Dursley GL11 6AJ (Monday-Wednesday)
- Cinderford RFC, Dockham Rd, Cinderford GL14 2AQ (Tuesday)
Permanent Testing Site Locations
PCR Testing Sites
Gloucester RTS
Hempsted Meadows, David Hook Way, Gloucester, GL2 5LE
Cheltenham LTS
High Street Car Park, Cheltenham, GL50 4AL Stroud LTS
Stratford Park Leisure Centre, Stratford Road, Stroud, GL5 4AF
You can book a test here for one of these sites if you have any COVID-19 symptoms.
Assisted Testing in Pharmacies (LFD)
You can see which pharmacies you can take a rapid test at if you do not have any COVID-19 symptoms here.
LFD Home Test Collection
Anyone can collect LFD kits for use at home from any of the locations listed here including some pharmacies and local libraries.
LFD Home Test Delivery
If you cannot get tested at your workplace or are unable to go to a test site or collect test kits, you can order a test kit to your home here.
Outbreaks
In the last 7 days, there has been 14 confirmed⁷ outbreaks in high risk settings in Gloucestershire.
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