25 Aug 2021

Covid-19: Waipareira Trust starts offering staff saliva testing

From Morning Report, 6:51 am on 25 August 2021

West Auckland's Waipareira Trust will today begin offering saliva testing to all its staff involved in Covid-19 vaccination and testing.

Saliva testing, which is seen as less invasive than regular nasal swab testing, is currently available only to border workers.

The trust is upset about a lack of progress on launching the alternative testing tool and hopes to achieve a swifter government response.

Waipareira Trust chief executive John Tamihere spoke to Corin Dann.