A POP-UP Covid-19 testing site is coming to Northwich this week.

Residents will be able to get a free Lateral Flow Test (LFT) from Moss Farm Leisure Complex.

No appointment is necessary as walk-ins will be accepted.

The testing site will be open from 9.30am until 3.30pm each day at Moss Farm Leisure Complex in Moss Lane, Winnington, from tomorrow (Monday, September 27) to Friday, October 1. 

A Cheshire West and Chester Council spokesman said: "The current approach to testing in the borough is not part of a surge testing programme but is in response to testing where Covid-19 rates are relatively high.

"The pop-up testing units will provide a free LFT test to anyone who does not have any Covid-19 symptoms.

"This type of test is good at picking up people who have no symptoms but are infected with Covid-19 and so may be unknowingly spreading the disease.

"Government recommends that everyone tests for Covid-19 twice a week regardless of whether they have been vaccinated.

"Free home test kits are readily available at participating local pharmacies or online and are also available to collect at the pop-up testing units."

Anyone with Covid-19 symptoms should book a PCR test at: www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test or by calling 119.