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Hundreds of health and aged-care workers who live in the Canterbury-Bankstown local government area will be required to undergo a COVID-19 test every three days to be allowed to leave the area for work.
NSW health authorities updated the advice to extend to all nurses, doctors, aged-care and health workers in the south-west council area as concerns rise about the spread of the virus in critical workplaces.
Long queues wait for testing at the 24-hour COVID drive-through clinic in Fairfield.
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“From this Friday, a person who lives in Canterbury-Bankstown LGA and who engages in aged care or healthcare can only work outside [that area] if the person has been tested for COVID in the previous 72 hours,” NSW Health executive director Jeremy McAnulty said on Wednesday.
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