7 Jan 2022

New Zealand's testing services could be overwhelmed by Omicron

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 7 January 2022

Lab scientists are warning the country's diagnostic testing services could be quickly overwhelmed if the Covid-19 Omicron variant spreads as quickly here as it is in New South Wales.

The Government is being urged to heed the lessons from Australia's Covid-19 testing debacle, where there are long delays for PCR swabs and a shortage of rapid anitgen kits.

Jean Edwards reports.