19 Aug 2021

Long queues to get tested across Aotearoa

From Midday Report, 12:12 pm on 19 August 2021

There are long queues at Covid-19 testing centres across the motu today; with warnings to Auckland motorists to be wary of the congestion. Meanwhile, academics and modellers think Auckland's lockdown will need to be longer than seven days. As for those further South, officials want to be confident enough people have been tested before they know it's safe to ease restrictions. RNZ reporter Jean Bell speaks to Māni Dunlop from outside a testing centre in Balmoral in Tāmaki Makaurau.