A NEW coronavirus testing site has opened in Milngavie. 

From today, residents will be able to access testing facilies through the walk-through centre at the town's Station Car Park. 

Lateral flow tests will also be available for collection without any appointment from 3.30pm every day. 

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Health Minister, Lord Bethell, said: “To respond to the coronavirus, we have built a major testing and tracing system from scratch. We are constantly working to expand and improve it with new technologies and innovations so everyone with symptoms can get a test.

“New walk-in sites like this one makes it even easier to get a test no matter where you live.

"If you have symptoms of coronavirus, I urge you to book a test today and follow the advice of NHS Test and Protect if you are contacted to protect others and stop the spread of the virus.”

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The facility is part of the largest network of diagnostic testing facilities created in British history.

In Scotland, this comprises eight drive-through sites, 48 walk-through sites, 42 mobile units, plus the Glasgow Lighthouse Lab which is working round the clock to process samples.

Tests can also be ordered online or by phone by calling 119.

For more information and to order a test kit online, go to: Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)