Tens of thousands of people have already flooded into Queensland and numbers are expected to spike this week in the lead up to Christmas, with concerns COVID testing facilities may not be able to cope with the demand.
Thousands of people have already flooded into Queensland and numbers are expected to spike this week in the lead up to Christmas, with concerns COVID testing facilities may not be able to cope with the demand.
However, Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said the state was not "actively monitoring" day-five PCR tests for people travelling from interstate hotspots. Ms Weston said her daughter could not apply for a border pass until she had received her negative COVID-19 test and was worried her application would not be processed in time.
"It was extremely stressful because I was essentially in a position where I couldn't get a test and I didn't know when the exemption was going to come back and I really didn't know how I was going to get back to Queensland for Christmas.There have been numerous reports of lengthy delay times at testing clinics across New South Wales and Victoria.
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