Covid: Bracknell and Slough to deploy surge testing after cases rise

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Covid: Bracknell to deploy surge testing after cases rise

Surge testing is to be deployed across more areas in Berkshire after a spike in positive Covid-19 cases.The Delta variant, first identified in India, is behind the

Slough Borough Council said the rates were substantially higher among school pupils, at 182 for 11 to 16-year-olds, 142 for 17 and 18-year-olds and 109 in five to 10-year-olds. The councillor in charge of public health, Natasa Pantelic, said: "It is obvious from what we are seeing in other parts of the country, the vaccine is protecting people from the Delta variant.

 

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