Covid 19 coronavirus: Where to get tested in Auckland, Northland today
27 Jan, 2021 07:11 PM
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NZ Herald
Anyone who visited a dozen new locations of interest - including supermarkets, restaurants and retail stores - in Auckland, is being urged to get a Covid test as soon as possible.
The information comes after the Ministry of Health made a late-night announcement confirming two more people who had been in managed isolation at the Pullman Auckland hotel have tested positive for Covid-19.
Anyone who visited the locations at the same time as the infected person/s is encouraged to isolate at home immediately and call Healthline on 0800 611 116 to get a test.
Ngātiwai Trust Board chairman, Aperahama Kerepeti-Edwards, has raised concerns with health and government officials over the number of testing centres available. “They [people turning up for tests] are sitting in their cars in near-30 degree heat, getting hot, thirsty and distressed.
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Large queues have formed at the Marsden Point testing station. “We are calling on the government and the Northland District Health Board to move urgently and provide more resource into testing.” Two additional pop-up testing centres have been opened in Helensville and Mangawhai and opening hours at all existing testing centres in Northland and Auckland have been extended.