Thursday, 24 June 2021, 11:41 am
Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs have resourced
up for increased COVID-19 testing over coming days as the
Greater Wellington region transitions to COVID-19 alert
level 2.
Increased demand for COVID-19 testing saw an
estimated 2100 COVID swabs carried out yesterday in Porirua,
Wellington, Lower Hutt, and Upper Hutt.
The DHBs and
PHO partners have also increased testing capacity and sites
across the region. In addition to the region’s existing
community-based testing centres (CBACs) – in Paraparaumu,
Porirua, Wellington, Lower Hutt, and Upper Hutt – new
sites have also opened in Hataitai Park, the Johnsonville
Medical Centre, the Lower Hut Riverbank carpark, the Karori