Over the past week, you may have seen Walsall Council staff, community partners and trained volunteers visiting targeted areas of the borough to provide free testing for the COVID-19 South African variant. This door-to-door work and the take up of mobile testing in a small area of Walsall, is very important in the ongoing fight against COVID-19. Surge testing is an important step in containing this new, more transmissible variant and take pressure off the NHS and help keep the borough safe. Thank you for your continued support and getting behind this rapid testing programme.