The COVID-19 testing clinic at Holt will remain closed today, Monday 17 January, due to an ongoing supply issue of materials needed to conduct COVID-19 PCR tests.
The Gold Creek clinic will be relocated back to its previous location at Perce Douglas Memorial Playing Fields as the school is preparing for the return of students in coming weeks. It will operate on Monday for reduced hours from 8am to 1pm, due to limited testing supplies.
The Mitchell and Garran clinics will continue to operate as usual.
All testing clinics will continue prioritising individuals with the highest risk of exposure to COVID-19 and those with symptoms.
This includes people who are household contacts of a confirmed case, are at high or moderate risk of contracting COVID-19 or who have been instructed by ACT Health to get a test.
Kambah drive through clinic will again be used to distribute rapid antigen tests (RATs) from 8am to 4pm.
People presenting to Kambah to collect RATs will be required to complete a declaration upon arrival that they meet the criteria to be tested.
They will be given a pack that includes two RAT kits and instructions on when the second test will need to be undertaken, in line with their individual circumstances.
People who return a positive RAT will be required to isolate immediately, register their positive result using the online form on the ACT COVID-19 website, and follow all further instructions on the website for people who test positive to COVID-19.
The opening hours for all COVID-19 testing sites, can be found on the COVID-19 website.
Waiting times for these locations are also on the website and are regularly updated.
ACT Health are currently assessing the capacity of the testing clinics day-by-day depending on testing supplies available. They expect to release more information about clinic arrangements for the rest of the week “soon”.
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