Ms Jones told a meeting of the West Midlands Combined Authority on Friday (September 25) that the initiative involved going door to door in high-risk areas offering testing kits to those with or without symptoms. She told the meeting: "We have been in talks with the military about them giving us some extra capacity for drop-and-collect. "It's very much in an extra capacity, feet-on-the-ground sense. It's literally just to support the civilian effort side of things and we'll be in a position next week to confirm whether or not they will be providing extra capacity and how that might be working." Meanwhile, the West Midlands assistant police and crime commissioner Waheed Saleem said officers would "move faster" to deal with Covid rule breaches.

Source: Daily Mirror September 26, 2020 21:45 UTC