A NUMBER of pop-up coronavirus testing sites will give residents and families the opportunity to put their minds at ease this weekend.

Lateral flow testing kits will be available throughout Tendring over the next three days as part of the council’s continued efforts to keep Covid-19 under control.

The speedy tests can return results within up to 30 minutes and therefore do not have to be sent off to a specialist lab for evaluation, unlike the PCR tests.

The sites will be located in Clacton’s town centre on Friday, in Manningtree’s Co-Op car park on Saturday, and Frinton’s Triangle Shopping Centre Co-Op on Sunday.

All three of the testing facilities, which are being run by Tendring Council, will be in operation between 10.30am until 2.30pm.

To find out more information visit tendringdc.gov.uk/coronavirus