Yes Mac, you are correct my friends all had symptoms. I have read that in Jarrow there is a testing centre you need an appointment but not a referral, I believe there is also a testing centre in Gateshead that works on the same basis. To be honest I don’t think anyone is stopped from being tested but I think you need to make an appointment at whatever centre you want to attend.

Here in Herefordshire there is a testing centre operational in a car park in Hereford, it has been there since testing first began it is run by the Army.