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Latest news: Covid-19 testing

Wait times easing as COVID testing prioritised again

COVID-19 Newstime Media -
Wait times for COVID tests in Canberra are steady this morning as ACT Health once again prioritise testing at the Garran facility.

Queensland scraps PCR tests for travellers, allows rapid antigen test

National AAP -
Queensland will no longer require pre-travel PCR results from interstate travellers from January 1, to help ease strain on COVID-19 testing centres.

COVID testing facilities at capacity again as police ask for patience

COVID-19 Newstime Media -
COVID testing facilities in Canberra are facing large queues once again as ACT Policing are asking for patience from those lining up.

Push for rapid antigen tests to play larger role in Australia

COVID-19 AAP -
Pressure is mounting for rapid antigen tests to play a bigger role around Australia as lines and waiting times blow out at testing sites.

COVID testing prioritised in Canberra for public health reasons

COVID-19 Newstime Media -
Due to extremely high demand across the Christmas period, ACT Health will prioritise testing today, Monday 27 December

ACT COVID-19 testing sites remain busy on Christmas Eve

COVID-19 Newstime Media -
Christmas Eve hasn't slowed down the rush of Canberrans lining up for a PCR COVID test, with sites across the ACT already busy this morning.

Canberra COVID testing sites at capacity

COVID-19 Newstime Media -
COVID testing sites in Canberra continue to face large queues as more ACT exposure sites are announced and Canberrans prepare for the holidays.

Wait times at Canberra COVID testing sites easing

COVID-19 Newstime Media -
Long wait times for a PCR COVID test across Canberra have continued today, as people prepare for the Christmas holidays.

EPIC Covid-19 testing clinic closes signaling return to ‘normal’

Local Newstime Media -
Some of Canberra’s iconic events will be back at EPIC in 2022 after the long-standing Covid-19 testing clinic closes this week.

Domestic travellers won’t foot bill for COVID tests

National AAP -
Health Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed people won't need to pay for PCR tests required to travel interstate.

Regular rapid COVID-19 tests earmarked for students

National AAP -
Classrooms could remain open safely even if students test positive for COVID-19 under new modelling presented to the federal government.

Calls to COVID test overseas arrivals at airport

COVID-19 AAP -
A leading epidemiologist wants to see international arrivals in Australia tested for COVID-19 before they leave the airport.

Supermarkets to sell rapid antigen COVID-19 tests

COVID-19 AAP -
Australians will be able to buy rapid antigen tests along with the rest of their groceries when they become available on supermarket shelves next week.

Queensland on the brink of virus outbreak

COVID-19 Newstime Media -
Queenslanders have turned out in swathes for COVID-19 tests as the state government resists a lockdown with cases spreading from the southeast to the far north.

Home COVID-19 tests to begin from November

COVID-19 AAP -
Australians will be able to self-test for coronavirus at home from November provided a series of hurdles are cleared.

ACT records 19 new cases, eight in hospital

COVID-19 Denholm Samaras -
The ACT recorded 19 new cases of COVID-19 overnight, with 13 linked to existing clusters or otherwise known cases and eight now in hospital.
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