Covid Mobile Testing Units to be rolled-out across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot

Covid Mobile Testing Units to be rolled-out across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot

From Wednesday 30 September, people showing symptoms of Covid-19 in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot will have access to additional local testing facilities.

Mobile testing units will be rolled-out across the region, visiting three sites in Swansea and four in Neath Port Talbot on a set day and time each week. The units will provide around 150 tests per day, in addition to those carried out by the local and regional testing facilities already in place at the Liberty Stadium and Margam.

Some of the units will offer ‘drive through’ appointments, some ‘walk in’ and others a mix of both. Anyone wanting a test at one of the mobile units must book in advance. Appointments must be made via the Welsh Government website https://gov.wales/apply-coronavirus-covid-19-test. Anyone booking a test will need a mobile phone number or email address as they will receive a secure code to confirm their booking via text or email, and this must be shown when attending the appointment.

Dr Keith Reid, Executive Director for Public Health for the Swansea Bay area, said:

“We have been advising anyone who has symptoms of Covid-19 that they must take immediate action to self-isolate at home and get a test.

“The introduction of the mobile testing units will mean that more tests are available for local people in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, and that they will have the opportunity get a test closer to home.

“Please only book a test if you have symptoms. If you do not have symptoms, please leave available slots for those who need them.”

The main symptoms of Covid-19 are a high temperature; a new, continuous cough; and/or a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste.

Over the coming weeks, the testing units will be visiting:

Swansea

• Penclawdd Community Centre – Thursday afternoons and Sunday afternoons (2:15pm to 5:15pm)
• Penyrheol Leisure Centre – Thursday mornings and Sunday mornings (9.45am to 12.45pm)
• Townhill Community Centre – Monday mornings and Friday mornings (9.30am to 12.30pm)

Neath Port Talbot

• Aberavon Leisure Centre – Wednesday mornings (9.30am to 12.30pm) and Saturday afternoons (2.00pm to 5.00pm)
• The DOVE Workshop, Banwen – Monday and Friday afternoons (2:15pm to 5:15pm)
• Gwaun Cae Gurwen Centre – Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons (2.00pm to 5.00pm)
• Vale of Neath Leisure Centre, Glynneath – Tuesday and Saturday mornings (9.30am to 12.30pm)

A full risk assessment has been completed for each site, with measures in place to ensure that each site will be a clean and safe environment, both for those attending and those living in the vicinity.

The units will be operated by fully trained staff from Mitie. Mitie is one of the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services companies and has provided high-quality support services to hospitals, health centres and clinics for more than 20 years.

For more information about getting a test go to: https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/coronavirus-covid-19/information/test-trace-protect/

For more Welsh Government information about self-isolation: https://gov.wales/self-isolation-stay-home-guidance-households-possible-coronavirus

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Unedau Profion Covid Symudol i gael eu cyflwyno ar draws Abertawe a Chastell-nedd Port Talbot

O ddydd Mercher 30 Medi, bydd pobl sy’n arddangos symptomau Covid-19 yn Abertawe a Chastell-nedd Port Talbot yn cael mynediad i gyfleusterau profi lleol ychwanegol.

Bydd unedau profi symudol yn cael eu cyflwyno ar draws y rhanbarth, ac yn ymweld â thri safle yn Abertawe a phedwar yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot ar ddiwrnod ac amser penodol bob wythnos. Bydd yr unedau’n darparu rhyw 150 o brofion y dydd, ar ben y rhai a wneir gan y cyfleusterau profi lleol a rhanbarthol sydd eisoes ar waith yn Stadiwm Liberty a Margam.

Bydd rhai o’r unedau’n cynnig apwyntiadau ‘gyrru trwodd’, rhai’n cynnig rhai ‘cerdded i mewn’, ac eraill gyfuniad o’r ddau. Rhaid i unrhyw un sydd am gael prawf yn un o’r unedau symudol drefnu hynny ymlaen llaw. Rhaid gwneud apwyntiadau trwy wefan Llywodraeth Cymru https://llyw.cymru/gwneud-cais-i-gael-prawf-coronafeirws-covid-19. Bydd angen bod gan unrhyw un sy’n trefnu prawf rif ffôn symudol neu gyfeiriad e-bost, gan y byddan nhw’n derbyn côd wedi’i ddiogelu i gadarnhau’r trefniant trwy neges destun neu e-bost, a bydd yn rhaid dangos hynny wrth ddod i’r apwyntiad.

Dywedodd Dr Keith Reid, Cyfarwyddwr Gweithredol Iechyd Cyhoeddus ar gyfer ardal Bae Abertawe:

“Rydyn ni wedi bod yn cynghori unrhyw un sydd â symptomau Covid-19 bod rhaid iddyn nhw weithredu ar unwaith i hunanynysu gartref a chael prawf.

“Bydd cyflwyno unedau profi symudol yn golygu bod mwy o brofion ar gael ar gyfer pobl leol yn Abertawe a Chastell-nedd Port Talbot, ac y bydd cyfle iddyn nhw gael eu profi’n nes adre.

“Peidiwch â threfnu prawf oni bai bod symptomau gennych chi. Os nad oes gennych chi symptomau, gadewch yr amserau sydd ar gael i’r rhai sydd eu hangen.”

Prif symptomau Covid-19 yw tymheredd uchel; peswch newydd, parhaus; a/neu golli

neu newid synnwyr arogli neu flasu.

Yn ystod yr wythnosau nesaf, bydd yr unedau profi’n ymweld â’r safleoedd canlynol:

Abertawe

• Canolfan Gymunedol Penclawdd – prynhawn dydd Iau a phrynhawn dydd Sul (2:15pm tan 5:15pm)
• Canolfan Hamdden Penyrheol – bore dydd Iau a bore dydd Sul (9.45am tan 12.45pm)
• Canolfan Gymunedol Townhill – bore dydd Llun a bore dydd Gwener (9.30am tan 12.30pm)

Castell-nedd Port Talbot

• Canolfan Hamdden Aberafan – bore dydd Mercher (9.30am tan 12.30pm) a phrynhawn dydd Sadwrn (2.00pm tan 5.00pm)
• Gweithdy DOVE, Banwen – prynhawn dydd Llun a phrynhawn dydd Gwener (2:15pm tan 5:15pm)
• Canolfan Gwaun Cae Gurwen – prynhawn dydd Mawrth a phrynhawn dydd Mercher (2.00pm tan 5.00pm)
• Canolfan Hamdden Bro Nedd, Glyn-nedd – bore dydd Mawrth a bore dydd Sadwrn (9.30am tan 12.30pm)

Mae asesiad risg llawn wedi cael ei gwblhau ar gyfer pob safle, ac mae mesurau yn eu lle i sicrhau y bydd pob safle yn amgylchedd glân a diogel, ar gyfer y rhai sy’n dod yno a’r rhai sy’n byw gerllaw.

Bydd yr unedau yng ngofal staff Mitie sydd wedi cael hyfforddiant llawn. Mitie yw un o gwmnïau blaenllaw’r Deyrnas Unedig ym maes rheoli cyfleusterau a gwasanaethau proffesiynol, ac mae wedi darparu gwasanaethau cymorth o ansawdd uchel i ysbytai, canolfannau iechyd a chlinigau ers dros 20 mlynedd.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am drefnu prawf ewch i: https://bipba.gig.cymru/coronafeirws-covid-19/gwybodaeth-coronafeirws-covid-19/gwasanaeth-profi-olrhain-amddiffyn/

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth gan Lywodraeth Cymru am hunanynysu ewch i: https://llyw.cymru/hunanynysu-canllawiau-aros-gartref-i-aelwydydd-coronafeirws-posibl