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High demand for tests in communities with South Auckland links

12:10 pm on 13 August 2020

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There's been huge demand for Covid-19 testing in communities with strong links to South Auckland.

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GPs in Porirua have been flooded with requests for tests, while in Hamilton there were queues at pop-up testing sites three hours before they opened.

And in Rotorua, demand for tests has been so high that traffic management has had to be put in place at pop-up sites, following the news a covid-positive woman visited the city while symptomatic.

Dr Cate Mills is a GP in Rotorua and she spoke to Māni Dunlop.