Get tested if you can!

Cork Kerry Community Healthcare will run a pop-up Covid-19 testing site tomorrow at Ilen Rovers GAA Club in Baltimore (Eircode: P81 DP86) from 11am until 7pm. No appointment is needed to visit the testing site, just make sure that you’re symptom-free if you’re planning to head along.

Those who attend are required to provide a photo ID, and will need to give a phone number in order to receive the results of their test.

The most recent 14-day report from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre shows that Cork has the third-lowest incidence of Covid-19 per 100,000 in Ireland, with Kerry also in the lower half. 534 new cases of the virus were confirmed nationally as of yesterday (July 8th), and 17 people are in intensive care with Covid-19.

Walk-in (no appointment) Covid-19 testing available at our pop up test site in ILEN Rovers GAA Baltimore Eircode: P81 DP86 on Saturday July 10th from 11am-7pm.
Remember to bring photo ID & provide a mobile phone number to receive your results
#CKCH #ForUsAll @HSELive @Corkcoco pic.twitter.com/6i1m8HmdTO

— CorkKerryCommunityHealthcare (@CorkKerryCH) July 8, 2021

Dr. Anne Sheahan, Acting Director of HSE South, has previously encouraged people to avail of the pop-up testing centres, saying: “By coming forward for testing when you don’t have symptoms, you are helping the entire community to keep Covid-19 under control.

“Walk-in testing like this is one of the ways we can make sure that continues. I encourage anyone in the area to take up this opportunity for testing as it will help us to contain any cases of Covid-19 in the area.”