A Covid-19 testing centre in London was in a state of "absolute pandemonium", according to a patient who said he was turned away.

Henry Bull, 29, said he cycled around five miles from his home in Peckham to his nearest testing site in Lewisham after booking an appointment online because he had a cough.

"I biked down there for about 10, 15 minutes before my appointment time and there was just absolute pandemonium, chaos," he told the PA news agency.

"The entire junction is gridlocked with cars queuing to get into it, loads of car drivers getting out and shouting at each other to move out of the way.

Meanwhile, once you actually get to the site, nobody has received the QR code that you have to have to get tested.

"Lots of very angry people, lots of exasperated people shouting at each other and shouting at the staff who are doing their best, but they don't really know what's happening either. A pretty horrible, stressful situation all round to be honest, lots of very upset people, presumably several of whom have Covid as well so exposing a lot of us to infection."

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