Bolton’s remaining lateral flow test site will close tomorrow (March 31 ) following changes to national legislation. The government announced in February that free testing for most citizens would end on March 31.
The Victoria Plaza site, next to Specsavers in the town centre, will close its doors tomorrow. The other remaining site at Bolton Arena closed on March 25.
Bolton council has meanwhile paid tribute to the staff who it says have worked 'tirelessly' at the testing sites over the past year.
More than 20,000 tests have been carried out across six testing sites since they were set up in January 2021 and more than 70,000 home test kits have been collected by residents since last April.
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