'I live in Bolton, I was offered one in Inverness' Sky News has spoken to people at testing sites in some of the country's hotspots, who have shared their frustrations of trying to take a coronavirus test so they can get back to work and school
Charlie Lewis and daughter Ava, Birmingham:"There's been a miscommunication"
However, they have just told me they're not accepting walk-ins anymore now, that they've fully done their walk-ins for today. I think that's a miscommunication between the government, schools and the testing centres themselves.Kamel Hawwash, and son Adam, Birmingham:"It's a complete failure by the government"
The first frustration is my son not being at school, so that's really what a lot of parents are feeling. We asked a lot of the other parents, and quite a few of them have got kids with the same symptoms but have been at school, so that seemed really strange.The system is very frustrating... it's been seven months and they haven't sorted the track and trace, and there is no real track and trace - so it's been really frustrating.
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