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Get tested urges minister
21/06/2021 @ 10:53
A Welsh Government minister has urged Newtown residents to get tested for coronavirus during a visit to the town.
It aims to help the local NHS and local authority to understand more about the spread of new variants, including the Delta variant, and to be better prepared for future waves of coronavirus.
Minister for Health and Social Services Eluned Morgan said: "The Test, Trace, Protect system in Wales has proven successful thanks to the strong partnership between local authorities and local health boards, and the incredible work of their staff whose knowledge of their communities has been instrumental in its success.
Today was a great opportunity to speak directly to those working on the programme in Powys. I also saw first hard the incredible work of the Newtown testing team and how they are Keeping Wales Safe.
"Testing remains a vital tool in tackling the virus, about one in three people who test positive for Covid-19 do not have any symptoms but can still infect others. Unfortunately the virus has not gone away and with the emergence of new variants like the Delta variant, I urge people to get tested to stop the spread."
Cllr Rosemarie Harris, leader of Powys County Council, welcomed the Minister to the centre on Park Street in Newtown: "We are very grateful to the Minister for visiting the facility and meeting our hard working staff in the Test Trace Protect programme in Powys. We are proud of the local partnership working to develop and deliver Test Trace Protect in the county, and for the support of people and communities for the steps they continue to take to Keep Powys Safe"
Stuart Bourne, Director of Public Health for Powys Teaching Health Board said: "Anyone can catch coronavirus and anyone can spread it, which is why it's so important to get tested when you are showing symptoms or when advised, and to access lateral flow test if you don't have symptoms.
The testing centre is a partnership with Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust, whose staff are sharing their skills and experience so that our own Test Trace Protect staff in Powys can establish a testing centre quickly in the county when needed.
Paul Cassidy, the Welsh Ambulance Service's Head of Service for its Mobile Testing Units, said: "We're really pleased to be working with partners at the Asymptomatic Testing Site in Newtown, and welcome the opportunity to deliver training to colleagues so that they're able to run asymptomatic testing centres as needed in future."
More information about the rapid COVID-19 testing centre in Newtown is available from Rapid COVID-19 testing centre for people without symptoms comes to Newtown during June - Powys Teaching Health Board (nhs.wales)
More information about Test Trace Protect (TTP) in Powys is available from https://pthb.nhs.wales/find/ttp
It aims to help the local NHS and local authority to understand more about the spread of new variants, including the Delta variant, and to be better prepared for future waves of coronavirus.
Minister for Health and Social Services Eluned Morgan said: "The Test, Trace, Protect system in Wales has proven successful thanks to the strong partnership between local authorities and local health boards, and the incredible work of their staff whose knowledge of their communities has been instrumental in its success.
Today was a great opportunity to speak directly to those working on the programme in Powys. I also saw first hard the incredible work of the Newtown testing team and how they are Keeping Wales Safe.
"Testing remains a vital tool in tackling the virus, about one in three people who test positive for Covid-19 do not have any symptoms but can still infect others. Unfortunately the virus has not gone away and with the emergence of new variants like the Delta variant, I urge people to get tested to stop the spread."
Cllr Rosemarie Harris, leader of Powys County Council, welcomed the Minister to the centre on Park Street in Newtown: "We are very grateful to the Minister for visiting the facility and meeting our hard working staff in the Test Trace Protect programme in Powys. We are proud of the local partnership working to develop and deliver Test Trace Protect in the county, and for the support of people and communities for the steps they continue to take to Keep Powys Safe"
Stuart Bourne, Director of Public Health for Powys Teaching Health Board said: "Anyone can catch coronavirus and anyone can spread it, which is why it's so important to get tested when you are showing symptoms or when advised, and to access lateral flow test if you don't have symptoms.
The testing centre is a partnership with Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust, whose staff are sharing their skills and experience so that our own Test Trace Protect staff in Powys can establish a testing centre quickly in the county when needed.
Paul Cassidy, the Welsh Ambulance Service's Head of Service for its Mobile Testing Units, said: "We're really pleased to be working with partners at the Asymptomatic Testing Site in Newtown, and welcome the opportunity to deliver training to colleagues so that they're able to run asymptomatic testing centres as needed in future."
More information about the rapid COVID-19 testing centre in Newtown is available from Rapid COVID-19 testing centre for people without symptoms comes to Newtown during June - Powys Teaching Health Board (nhs.wales)
More information about Test Trace Protect (TTP) in Powys is available from https://pthb.nhs.wales/find/ttp
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