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Staffordshire has seen an increase in coronavirus cases over the past few weeks

8 months ago

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To help reduce the amount of cases Staffordshire County Council are offering free community testing for residents without symptoms. Testing will take place in your area on Friday 20th November from 10am until 1:30pm at Baswich Community Hall, Baswich Lane, Stafford, ST17 0BY 125 places are available, to attend you need to book a space in advance by visiting: https://staffordshire.zipporah.co.uk/TrackAndTrace/ If you have symptoms of Covid-19, please do not attend this testing. You need to book through the national portal at https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test or by calling 119.

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