Mobile coronavirus testing units return to Llanfyllin and Hay-on-Wye

People living in and around Llanfyllin and Hay-on-Wye can get a test for coronavirus if they are feeling unwell from Monday, April 26.

Powys Teaching Health Board said the units will be placed in the same location as before, Playing Field’s Car Park, Brecon Road, Hay-on-Wye, and Llanfyllin Town Council Car Park, High St, Llanfyllin.

Testing teams are urging people to continue to their nearest testing unit if they become unwell with any of the classic signs and symptoms which are a high temperature, a new, continuous cough, a loss of, or change to, your sense of smell or taste, or if generally feeling unwell.

National coronavirus testing centre in Newtown. Picture by Anwen Parry/County Times

Mobile testing is by appointment-only and provide a drive-through service.

Residents can also access two further national testing centres in Newtown and Brecon where they can walk, drive or cycle for a test, and additional Community Testing Units in Builth Wells and Welshpool for drive-through appointments.

Appointments in Hay on Wye, Llanfyllin, Newtown and Brecon can be booked through the UK Government national booking portal, either online at www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test, by phone on 119, or 18001 119 for people with hearing or speech difficulties. This is also the way to request a home testing kit.

Residents in Builth Wells and Welshpool can make an appointment at the Community Testing Unit by calling 01874 612228 or by emailing powys.testing@wales.nhs.uk.

For more information about COVID-19 testing in Powys, visit the health board’s website at www.pthb.nhs.wales/coronavirus/coronavirus-testing