YOUR SAY: Should travellers be able to use rapid at-home testing instead of PCR tests? It comes as extensive testing queues spark travel delays across the country. DETAILS:
READ MORE:"Our information is about 10 per cent of their tests are people wanting to come into Queensland," Ms Palaszczuk said yesterday, later saying the 10 per cent figure applied to all travellers, not just those heading to Queensland.
At the Ryde clinic in north-west Sydney this morning, there is a queue of cars stretching back one kilometre.There was a similar long waiting time at the testing clinic at Heffron Park in eastern Sydney. Histopath strategic operations director Greg Granger said increased demand was due to the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, limitations on where testing sites could be placed, along with the need for a PCR test before domestic and international travel.
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