A NEW walk through Coronavirus testing centre is set to open next week in Gosport.

The site will open at Walpole park south car park.

It will be a walk-through site which is unlike the testing site currently located at Southampton airport or mobile sites across Hampshire - which require people to drive to and remain in their cars for the test.

Testing at the site will be by appointment only and will start on October 21.

Anyone with coronavirus symptoms can get a free swab test that takes less than a minute.

Testing is available for everyone, including vulnerable groups and people with disabilities.

The site will have a number of safety measures in place, including: social distancing, personal protective equipment (PPE), a cleaning regime and a designate area for testing.

Tests should be booked or ordered as soon as symptoms begin at www.nhs.uk/coronavirus or by calling 119.