The NSW Health Minister has told people to travel to other testing sites to get tested faster. The people have listened and are driving as far as Newcastle to get a test and a little getaway before they are forced back into 14 days quarantine.
Local Member for Wallsend Sonia Hornery has been inundated with phone with calls and messages from the public and Health Care workers reporting that people from South West Sydney are traveling to John Hunter Hospital for a COVID-19 test to avoid long queues in South West Sydney.
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