New rules for essential workers cause chaos; Gladys Berejiklians expected to detail plans to lengthen shutdown
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The mayor of Fairfield, Frank Carbone, is calling for the state government to urgently set up more testing locations in his council area, noting people have in the lines have been forced to wait upwards of six hours, and suggesting local residents have effectively been barricaded into their homes with roads gridlocked with cars.
Carbone:
We support more testing but adequate resources need to be put in place, today has been a terrible experience with a 6-hour wait and the NSW government needs to put more testing sites across Fairfield.
Endeavour reserve testing clinic has blocked all of The Boulevard, Avenell St and every other road leading into the Park for kilometres, crossing over into Hamilton Road.
Speaking of extreme queues! Here is the line outside the Fairfield testing hub in the wee hours of the morning.
CHAOS: Lines at a 24-hour #COVID19 testing hub in Fairfield are stretching for kilometres due to the new health order for essential workers.
Since about 2am, a sea of brake lights has been growing continuously at the location.
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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/jul/14/australia-covid-live-update-sydney-nsw-lockdown-to-be-extended-massive-covid-testing-queues-at-fairfield-essential-workers-scott-morrison-financial-support-queensland-border-coronavirus-cases-restrictions-daniel-andrews-gladys-berejiklian
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