Asda in Penryn installs Covid-19 test sites in carpark

Eurofins COVID Testing Services (ECTS) has partnered with Cube Modular to bring convenient and reliable COVID-19 testing facilities to British holiday-makers, available at various ASDA car parks across the UK.

The testing pods are operated by three employees, and customers attend a pre-booked appointment and are provided with a self-sampling kit to take their own sample under the supervision of trained members of staff.

A supermarket in Penryn has installed Covid-19 testing sites in its car parks.

The pods will have PCR tests available on site and customers will be asked to test themselves.

The pods also use a new hybrid fuel cell system which uses stored power to generate electricity for the test area, which the company says substantially reduces generator use.

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This Covid testing pods also makes use of Continest - a unique, foldable building solution.

This building technology allows the units to be folded down and stacked for transport, thus enabling a reduction of CO2 emissions by up to 80% compared to fixed portable building systems.

With at least ten sites already installed, and a further 20 sites due to be installed in the coming weeks, the initiative has potential to ease Brits into their return to travel with a hyper-convenient ‘test to depart’ service.

Up to 50 sites have been agreed upon, with the potential for further expansion, helping to relieve stress as a return to travel ramps up.

The pods are staffed by trained members of staff.

ECTS is part of the Eurofins Group, specialists in bio-analysis and laboratory testing.

Locations of the nine other testing pods include ASDA sites in: Ashford, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Hereford, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Swansea, Wheatley and Yeovil.

All bookings are made in advance via the Eurofins website: www.eurofins.co.uk/pcr-testing-kits/test-to-depart/