Hi my 12 year old son has an awful sore throat and cough, hopefully just a result of being back at school, on public transport etc after six months of seeing very few people, and now everyone is sharing their germs again....but...trying to book a Covid test. First tried the website for a home test but none available, then filled out details for drive through test and received the alert- “Some test sites are for over-18s only” followed by - “no test sites available”. Filled out details for walk through test. Same thing. Called 119 and have been waiting an hour and thirteen minutes thus far. I know we keep reading about testing shortages on the news, but I hoped as we are in London, not in an area with high numbers, it wouldn’t be too tricky. Anyone else having the same difficulty?
Only two weeks ago I booked a covid test for myself - required to have a hospital procedure. Waited twenty minutes for the call handler (at the time thought that was long...little did I know) and was given a test the following day, 5 minute drive away, at whatever time I wanted basically.
What an alarming change.