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• Source:  Nearly two-thirds of surveyed New Zealanders chose not to be tested for Covid-19 even when sick, new research shows. Covid-19 testing Source: 1 NEWS Commissioned by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, the research surveyed about 1000 people in New Zealand last month. It showed 64 per cent of people chose not to get tested despite experiencing cold and flu-like symptoms in the past six months. Despite this, 87 per cent said they were proud of the country's...

Advertisement Several health experts are urging the Victorian government to embrace rapid antigen testing for coronavirus, arguing that the technology is cheap, improving in accuracy and could help keep borders open and strengthen hotel quarantine. One leading Australian manufacturer of the 15-minute tests says the public health policy around the technology is “dogmatic and not flexible”, criticising the government for relying on lab-based pathology without proper consideration of other testing strategies being used overseas. A volunteer takes a rapid antigen screening test in Barcelona i...