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South West Healthcare COVID coordinator Sue Anderton revealed some testing site staff had been sourced from allied health, the finance department and admin roles.
UPDATED, 1.50pm
Estimated wait-times have stretched to two hours and while South West Healthcare CEO Craig Fraser confirmed there were no immediate plans for a second location, staff would constantly review testing as the situation develops.
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The queue for the city's only pop-up testing site now spans from Hyland Street all the way to the Showgrounds entrance after 33 new exposure sites were announced yesterday, linked to a confirmed COVID-19 case.
Lines stretching hundreds of metres are overwhelming the asymptomatic testing site established yesterday at Friendly Societies' Park as hundreds of south-west residents come forward to get tested.
The site opened at 8am, with reports queues began as early as 7am, and will remain in operation until 10pm tonight. It will be open 8am to 10pm on Sunday.
It follows confirmation yesterday by South West Healthcare a positive COVID-19 case had travelled through the south-west and into Warrnambool.
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