Sefton’s four local walk-in COVID-19 test centres for people with COVID symptoms, where you can turn up and get a PCR test, will be open from 10am to 2pm on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

They are open from 8am to 6pm every other day.

Locations

The four local test centres are located at:

• Bootle Town Hall, L20 7AA
• Crosby Library Car Park, Haigh Road, L22 OLQ
• Netherton Activity Centre, Glovers Lane, L30 3TL
• Southport Town Hall, PR8 1DA

Without symptoms

Test sites for people with no symptoms, which also offer assisted testing and collection of home test kits are located at:

• Bootle Town Hall
• The Strand
• Dunes, Southport

will be open normal hours apart from

• Christmas Eve
• Tuesday 28^th December
• Friday 31^st December
• Bank Holiday Monday 3^rd January

when they will be open from 10am to 4pm.

They will be closed on

• Christmas Day
• Boxing Day
• Bank Holiday Monday 27^th January
• New Year’s Day
• Sunday 2^nd January

Main Symptoms?

The main symptoms we all need to look out for are a:

• high temperature;
• persistent cough;
• loss of taste or smell.

No symptoms?

Those of us without COVID-19 symptoms should be taking regular rapid lateral flow tests, particularly if we are meeting up with people from other households or attending indoor events in crowded spaces.

To get your free home test kits you can:

• order a packs of 7 tests at gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests;
• call 119;
• visit any pharmacy to collect a weekly supply – get a collection QR code by using the online form.