COVID is causing a health and economic crisis in Liverpool worse than anything most of us have ever seen.

How to get tested:

Symptom-free testing for frontline workers:

Who can get tested?

The centres below (highlighted bold are within constituency) are open for frontline workers with no Covid-19 symptoms to get tested:

• Aintree Racecourse, Ormskirk Rd, L9 5AS
• BELLE VALE Shopping Centre, Hedgefield Road, L25 2RF
• Bootle Leisure Centre, North Park, L20 5JJ
• Croxteth Hall, Flint Drive, L11 1EH
• Exhibition Centre Liverpool, Kings Dock, L3 4FP
• Halewood Leisure Centre, Baileys Lane, L26 0TY
• Huyton Leisure Centre, Longview Drive, L36 6EG
• Kirkby Leisure Centre, 105 Cherryfield Drive, L32 8SA
• Lifestyles Austin Rawlinson, Conleach Road, Speke, L24 0TR
• Liverpool FC Anfield Stadium, L4 0TH
• Liverpool Tennis Centre, Wellington Road, L15 4LE
• Liverpool Town Hall, High Street, L2 3SW

If you want to see how busy each test centre is, to avoid busier testing sites, you can view the live map here: https://liverpool.maps.test-and-trace.nhs.uk/findatestcenter.html

These are workers who cannot work from home and also have physical contact with other people as part of their job. They include:

• NHS and care workers
• school staff
• supermarket employees
• delivery drivers
• factory workers
• transport workers

Students who are returning to university and unpaid carers with no Covid-19 symptoms can also get tested. Covid-19 symptoms are a high temperature, a new continuous cough, and loss or change to your sense of smell or taste.

Further information can be found here: https://liverpool.gov.uk/communities-and-safety/emergency-planning/coronavirus/how-to-get-tested/symptom-free-testing-for-frontline-workers/

Tests for people with symptoms

You must book an appointment if you have one or more of the following Covid-19 symptoms:

• a high temperature
• a new, continuous cough
• loss or change to your sense of smell or taste

Further information can be found here: https://liverpool.gov.uk/communities-and-safety/emergency-planning/coronavirus/how-to-get-tested/tests-for-people-with-symptoms/

Test and Trace Support Payment

If you live in Liverpool, are on a low income and have been told by NHS Test and Trace to self-isolate, either because you have tested positive for Covid-19 or you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive, you may be entitled to some financial support during your self-isolation period.

Interview with 5 Live on previous mass testing:

You can listen to my interview, with my initial reaction to the mass testing pilot on the 5 Live Emma Barnett Show here.