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Pressure on COVID testing clinics
The NSW Health Minister has asked the federal government to consider removing COVID-19 test requirements for international arrivals, as he continues to blame “tourism testing” for the pressure on the state’s pathology labs. The Health Minister also implored Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk “in the strongest possible terms” to drop her state’s PCR testing requirements for interstate travellers before January 1.
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Covid testing clinic at Roselands Shopping Centre open-air car park on Dec 28, 2021. The queue starts from M5, with approximately three hours waiting.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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Covid testing clinic at Roselands Shopping Centre open-air car park on Dec 28, 2021. The queue starts from M5, with approximately three hours waiting.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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Covid testing clinic at Roselands Shopping Centre open-air car park on Dec 28, 2021. The queue starts from M5, with approximately three hours waiting.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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Covid testing clinic at Roselands Shopping Centre open-air car park on Dec 28, 2021. The queue starts from M5, with approximately three hours waiting.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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A man in line to get a COVID-19 test looks into the camera in Sydney's CBD on Tuesday, December 28, 2021.Credit:Cole Bennetts
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Hundreds wait in a line for a COVID-19 PCR test that snakes through and around Central Station and down to Eddy Avenue in Sydney's CBD on Tuesday, December 28, 2021.Credit:Cole Bennetts
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The line that snakes around Central Station for a COVID-19 PCR testing clinic in Sydney's CBD on Tuesday, December 28, 2021.Credit:Cole Bennetts
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Queues for the COVID testing clinic at Canterbury Health Centre on Dec 28, 2021.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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Queues for the COVID testing clinic at Canterbury Health Centre on Dec 28, 2021.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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Queues for the COVID testing clinic at Canterbury Health Centre on Dec 28, 2021.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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People queue at the Kildare Road Medical Centre in Blacktown for a COVID PCR test.Credit:Dean Sewell
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People queue at the Kildare Road Medical Centre in Blacktown for a COVID PCR test.Credit:Dean Sewell
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People queue at the Kildare Road Medical Centre in Blacktown for a COVID PCR test.Credit:Dean Sewell
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People queue at the Kildare Road Medical Centre in Blacktown for a COVID PCR test.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Covid testing clinic at Roselands Shopping Centre open-air car park on Dec 28, 2021. The queue starts from M5, with approximately three hours waiting.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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Haymarket local, Zeindy Vannyna brings a kitchen chair after already waiting 2 hours for a COVID-19 PCR test in Sydney's CBD on Tuesday, December 28, 2021.Credit:Cole Bennetts
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Sydneysiders queue for upwards of 2-3 hours to get a PCR test at a COVID testing site on George Street in Sydney's CBD on Tuesday, December 28, 2021.Credit:Cole Bennetts
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Covid testing clinic at Roselands Shopping Centre open-air car park on Dec 28, 2021. The queue starts from M5, with approximately three hours waiting or more.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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Covid testing clinic at Roselands Shopping Centre open-air car park on Dec 28, 2021. The queue starts from M5, with approximately three hours waiting.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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Covid testing clinic at Roselands Shopping Centre open-air car park on Dec 28, 2021. The queue starts from M5, with approximately three hours waiting.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone