Aboriginal health organisations call for increased COVID testing for FIFO mine workers Mining sites that operate near "vulnerable" remote Aboriginal communities and rely on FIFO workers need to regularly test staff for COVID-19, insist peak health groups. 1 July 2021 Mining sites that operate near "vulnerable" remote Aboriginal communities and rely on FIFO workers need to regularly test staff for COVID-19, insist peak health groups. National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation chief executive Pat Turner said people should be immediately isolated and given a rapid COVID-19 test when they arrived on site. And Ms Turner said workers should only be allowed to mingle after returning a negative result.