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PCR test requirements explained for every state and territory across Australia

With pressure mounting on health systems, here’s what you need to know about COVID testing in your community.

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PCR testing queues have blown out across the country.

What prompted Melbourne’s ‘code red’ ambulance delays on Wednesday morning

Reduced paramedic numbers because of COVID-19 infections and isolation is part of the problem - but not all of it.

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Extreme demand for ambulances in Melbourne prompted a ‘code red’ from the service.

Victoria’s testing sites begin to buckle as COVID cases jump by thousands

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Members of the public queue in their cars at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site.

Turned away from a COVID-19 test? You could be eligible for compensation

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Hundreds of passengers were turned away at Histopath pre-departure COVID testing clinics.

Extreme demand for ambulances in Melbourne prompts ‘code red’. Here’s what it means

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Ambulance Victoria is struggling to meet extreme demand for assistance in Melbourne.

RATs could be discounted as anger mounts over alleged price gouging and short supply

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Since the outbreak of the Omicron variant, tests have been scarce in supply and notoriously difficult to find.