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Call to ramp up COVID-19 home test kit availability for people in rural areas

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Residents offered COVID-19 tests hundreds of miles away after spike in demand“I have raised this matter with UK Government ministers, but I fear it will be too late in this particular case, as home testing should be carried out at the very latest by day four of symptoms having first developed.“I am keen to ensure that nobody else is put in a position of not being able to access a home testing kit if they cannot practically get to a testing site.”Councillor Williamson added: “People in Highland Perthshire are at a significant disadvantage in terms of being geographically much further away from testing centres than most other people in Scotland.“Whether it be not having a private vehicle, or the increased costs involved in getting to testing.

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