Healthcare workers who were ‘here all along when people needed us’ remember the highs and lows of the pandemic
On Saturday, New South Wales became the last state in Australia to end state-funded referral-free community PCR testing for Covid-19 after a reduction in demand for the tests.
During the lunchtime lull on the final operating day of the drive-through PCR test clinic in the Sydney suburb of Chifley, Stanton, clad in blue protective gear, reaches through the window of Deirdre Fairbairn’s car to take a swab. Fairbairn is among only a handful of people who come through the testing clinic while Guardian Australia visits on Friday.
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