Covid 19 coronavirus: Northlanders denied tests after conflicting Healthline advice
26 Jan, 2021 06:51 PM
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The director general of health has today apologised for long queues that has dogged Covid-testing stations in Northland over the past two days.
Dr Ashley Bloomfield told the AM Show while thousands heeded the call to get tested many ended up waiting hours. I want to thank those who went and got tested. Many of them had to wait quite a long time for that test. Thanks for their patience. I apologise for that and we ll be looking at ways we can reduce those queues in the future.
Covid 19 coronavirus: People who visited locations of interest turned away from testing
25 Jan, 2021 09:26 PM
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By: Adam Pearse and Karina Cooper
Confusion is evident at Covid testing sites, with some people who were told to get tested by Healthline being turned away from the queue by officials.
Some are waiting for several hours before being turned away.
Ruakākā resident Maylene Erihe and her two daughters Lily May Green and Macylea Green were this morning turned away from the new racecourse testing site - despite visiting the same shops as the Covid positive woman and being told by Healthline to go to a testing station.