A mobile testing unit has opened today to test people in Bracknell for Covid-19.

The testing unit will be located at Brownlow Hall, Warfield for pre-booked appointments only from 10.30 to 3:30pm.

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Residents will be turned away if they have not booked a coronavirus test in the past 24 hours.

Volunteers will be carrying out the testing operation today as part of a national effort to increase covid-19 testing.

The mobile testing unit is available to anyone who fits the national guidelines for testing.

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Data shows 1 in 8 people in England have now been tested for coronavirus at least once since the service launched.

During September 18 and 23, 1,588,760 tests were processed in the UK in pillars 1 and 2.

Baroness Dido Harding, interim executive chair of the National Institute for Health Protection, said: "One in eight people in England have now received a test at least once and with nearly 500 testing sites across the UK, the median distance to a test site is now just 4.3 miles. These are achievements in which everyone involved can be immensely proud.

"We are continuing to work tirelessly to increase capacity and make tests as accessible as possible.

"Our new lab partnership with Birmingham University is another example of how the public, private and academic sectors are working together to meet our target of 500,000 test capacity a day."