Symptom-free coronavirus tests available at Guildford's Milmead House

Author: Grace McGachyPublished 23rd Apr 2021

Residents, workers and students in Surrey can now get a free coronavirus test in Guildford town centre even if they do not have symptoms.

Walk-in lateral flow tests are available Monday to Friday between 8am and 7.30pm at Milmead House.

The test is taken by rubbing a cotton bud over your tonsils and inside your nose.

No booking is required and results will be sent to you via text and email, usually within 30 minutes of the test.

All people over the age of 16 who live, work or study in Surrey and do not have Covid-19 symptoms, have not had a positive test result in the last 90 days, and have not been told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace can take a test.

The site is one of five Targeted Community Testing sites in Surrey

If you test positive using a lateral flow test, you should book a PCR test to confirm whether you have Coronavirus (Covid-19) through the gov.uk website or by calling 119.

You and members of your household must also self-isolate immediately, and if your PCR test is positive you must all continue to self-isolate for 10 days after the day of the PCR test.