Ricoh Arena to open as COVID 19 testing centre

The coronavirus testing centre at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry will open on Monday.

The site will be managed by the Coventry & Warwickshire Health & Care Partnership - comprising NHS organisations and local authorities. 

The Ricoh Arena along with suppliers, Moseley Signs and Neptunus Structures have provided much of the infrastructure required as well as security, in conjunction with the police who will monitor the site as a “high priority” installation.

Chief Executive Stuart Cain said “Wasps has always tried to play a big part in the local community so it was a pretty easy decision when approached to help. Everybody knows where the Ricoh Arena is, so it makes sense to set up the centre at such an accessible location."

"It has been a team effort from all bodies involved to get this up and running inside a week and hopefully will be a major help to all those who are working so selflessly to keep the population safe at such a difficult time.”

It is not known how many tests will be able to be carried out each day at the Ricoh Arena, but the Government has committed to a 100,000 tests per day target by the end of April.