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A RAT race is on as tens of thousands of people try to source Rapid Antigen Tests amid the growing omicron outbreak.
RATs are now the primary testing method and kits are available at retail outlets, or free through DHBs for those who are symptomatic or close contacts.
But with reports of some people on-selling the tests - and community testing centres dealing with aggressive behaviour from people demanding kits - health officials are at pains to point out there are plenty to go around.
Nita Blake-Persen reports.
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Over the last 24 hours 70 per cent of people going through Auckland's Covid testing sites were not symptomatic.
Around 20,000 swabs were done yesterday ac
A Pasifika health expert says the number of Covid-19 cases and contacts isolating at home is already more than what health providers could keep up with in places like South Auckland.