13 Aug 2020

Covid-19: Auckland opens more pop-up testing centres

From Morning Report, 8:26 am on 13 August 2020

Auckland has opened more pop-up sites, bringing the total number of community testing centres to fifteeen, as the demand for testing soars. T

here are four permanent sites in Northcote, Eden Terrace, Henderson and Wiri - plus eleven pop-ups.

At the same time they have boosted their capacity, and can now analyse up to 8000 swabs each day.

Dr Rawiri Jansen is a GP in Papakura, and is also the clinical director and national pandemic lead at the National Hauroa Coalition.