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Kushan · 14-09-2020, 12:24

So, this is now affecting me personally.

My son has develpoed a cough. Hopefully nothing serious but I'm having to keep him off of school. NHS told us to get him tested.

There are no tests available. None.

We're in Liverpool, we've been directed to a test centre in Doncaster. The Doncaster test centre has no tests available until September 26th.

What a shambles.

downquark1 · 14-09-2020, 12:31

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Originally Posted by Kushan

So, this is now affecting me personally.

My son has develpoed a cough. Hopefully nothing serious but I'm having to keep him off of school. NHS told us to get him tested.

There are no tests available. None.

We're in Liverpool, we've been directed to a test centre in Doncaster. The Doncaster test centre has no tests available until September 26th.

What a shambles.

I think it told me that over the weekend but suddenly worked on Monday. Try again

**Damien** · 14-09-2020, 12:49

Also can you order a home test or are those all taken?

Kushan · 14-09-2020, 14:11

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I think it told me that over the weekend but suddenly worked on Monday. Try again

Just going to keep trying. The school is trying to get him a test as well.

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Originally Posted by Damien

Also can you order a home test or are those all taken?

All taken, it seems. Have tried every avenue we can think of.

Luckily aside from a bit of a cough, he's not bothered, but doesn't bode well given he's been back at school for a whole 6 days.

A couple of people at the school have remarked that this always happens when the kids go back, they always get ill and classrooms are a nightmare for sickness - which I agree with, but my worry is that this just goes to show that if COVID does hit a school, it'll run right through it.

joglynne · 14-09-2020, 14:29

I wonder if people's inability to get a test could be linked to this report in The Guardian yesterday. Not much point in giving tests if they can't get processed?

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snippet... The government’s coronavirus testing programme is dealing with a backlog of 185,000 swabs, with tests being sent to Italy and Germany as local labs are overwhelmed.

Not even a week after the government was forced to apologise for continuing delays to Covid testing, the Department of Health and Social Care insisted on Sunday that the capacity of the NHS test-and-trace system was the highest it had ever been but there was a “significant” demand for tests......

On Saturday, exasperated parents in England complained of a test-and-trace system still in “shambles”, with some struggling to secure testing slots for their children who have developed symptoms since returning to school.

Although the head of NHS test and trace apologised on Tuesday to people in England who have either been unable to secure a coronavirus test or been told to go to drive-through centres hundreds of miles away, many people trying get a test this week were met with an error message telling them to try again and warning them not to call the helplines.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...re-overwhelmed

**Damien** · 14-09-2020, 17:58

And it's getting worse: https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/corona...d-19-symptoms/

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There are currently no coronavirus tests available for people with symptoms in any of the top ten Covid-19 hotspots in England, it can be revealed.

joglynne · 14-09-2020, 18:43

Monday 14 September 2020, 3:36pm

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Matt Hancock attempted to restrict coronavirus tests in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon says

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-09-14/...-sturgeon-says

Kushan · 14-09-2020, 19:04

Someone should be sacked over this whole ordeal.

**Paul** · 14-09-2020, 19:08

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Originally Posted by Kushan

Someone should be sacked over this whole ordeal.

Are yes, the age old answer to everything, because that always solves the problem

OLD BOY · 14-09-2020, 19:13

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Originally Posted by Kushan

Just going to keep trying. The school is trying to get him a test as well.

All taken, it seems. Have tried every avenue we can think of.

Luckily aside from a bit of a cough, he's not bothered, but doesn't bode well given he's been back at school for a whole 6 days.

A couple of people at the school have remarked that this always happens when the kids go back, they always get ill and classrooms are a nightmare for sickness - which I agree with, but my worry is that this just goes to show that if COVID does hit a school, it'll run right through it.

Just keep him away from the grannies. Hopefully you will all be ok.

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Originally Posted by Kushan

Someone should be sacked over this whole ordeal.

Frustrating as it is, these things take time to set up. With luck we will have a good system in place within a few weeks, but sadly too late for you guys.

**Damien** · 14-09-2020, 19:15

If anyone gets fired it'll be some lacky anyway.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Frustrating as it is, these things take time to set up. With luck we will have a good system in place within a few weeks, but sadly too late for you guys.

Yes if only there was some sort of clue that we might need this.

Kushan · 14-09-2020, 19:15

Thanks, OLD BOY. Relatively sure it's just a regular cough, no other symptoms but we'll just wait and see.

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Are yes, the age old answer to everything, because that always solves the problem

I think in a situation where testing is so fundementally important to save lives, not having enough provisions for it more than 6 months since Lockdown began is inexcusable. Someone somewhere has made a colossal error, possibly a series of errors from a series of people and it should definitely be investigated.

Track & Trace doesn't work if you can't test people.

**Paul** · 14-09-2020, 19:31

Ah yes, I forgot you have subscribed to the paranoia.

The very small minority who get really ill will end up in hospital, where they can be treated properly, and as part of that, it will be verified if its down to CV19.

The vast majority of people will get a few symptoms, perhaps feel a little ill, and shake it off.
In fact, your own previous posts were telling us how we are all likely getting immune to it without even knowing.

Its amazing how many members of this forum would manage to do so much better, after the fact of course.

**Damien** · 14-09-2020, 19:39

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Its amazing how many members of this forum would manage to do so much better, after the fact of course.

We're not employed to do better nor are we responsible for it. They are.

OLD BOY · 14-09-2020, 19:44

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Originally Posted by Kushan

Thanks, OLD BOY. Relatively sure it's just a regular cough, no other symptoms but we'll just wait and see.

I think in a situation where testing is so fundementally important to save lives, not having enough provisions for it more than 6 months since Lockdown began is inexcusable. Someone somewhere has made a colossal error, possibly a series of errors from a series of people and it should definitely be investigated.

Track & Trace doesn't work if you can't test people.

Not really. You may recall that there were issues about the accuracy of the tests. This is not as straight forward as some would have us believe.