Relative was sent a Covid-19 test in the post?

[lockdownmu]

AIBU to think she must have paid for it.
Background- My mum spoke to her sister (aunt) last week and she's living near her daughter (my cousin). She mentioned to my DM that cousin told her she had been sent a test in the post and was 'chosen randomly'.
Cousin has a record of telling porkies - she's in her late 40s and not in any 'at risk' groups.
Is random testing going on?

[FrowningFlamingo]

Yes it is

[WombatStewForTea]

Yes surprised you didn't know about it

[ScrapThatThen]

GP practices and the Zoe app are selecting people for tests too.

[iklboo]

Our friends were sent a kit through the post from their GP surgery.

[Smileyaxolotl1]

They are doing random testing to see how many people have it.
This information was published a few weeks ago so it is entirely possible.

[Rose789]

Yeah my brother received a letter and a test. Apparently they are randomly testing 100,000 people.

[PickUpAPickUpAPenguin]

Somebody posted about their child being picked for a test.

I believe that tests are sent to random people so they can see how many people have CV in the community.

[lockdownmu]

DM has updated me - cousin has returned its sting she didn't want to do it.
We thought she might have an underlying health issue and we were a bit concerned (cousin has autism - I didn't mean to sound harsh in my OP).

[PickUpAPickUpAPenguin]

I've just watched the CV daily update and they mentioned the random sampling.

[frazzledasarock]

Didn’t know you get them through the post.

My SIL was randomly selected to be tested she had to go somewhere to be swabbed. Test results came back very quickly too.

[lockdownmu]

Watching it now penguin

[Joffrey]

My mum was selected for a random test about two weeks ago, a courier was sent to collect it, negative result texted to her 2 days later.

[Singlebutmarried]

DH did one and it got picked up on Friday I think.

[EveryDayIsADuvetDay]

I did a non random test a couple of weeks ago - they lost the results.
I'd given them my name, email, DOB and phone number a couple of dozen times, plus registered my NHS number, and called three times to chase.
Hardly bodes well for track and trace.