The country's efforts to flatten the curve have worked so far, and testing is now widely available for many Australians with symptoms linked to COVID-19.
SYDNEY — As many Americans still struggle to access tests to determine if they are infected with COVID-19, health officials across Australia have taken steps to test many residents with even mild flu-like symptoms in their own effort to clamp down on the coronavirus spreading around the globe.with known community transmission of the virus should come forward and get tested as soon as possible, allowing health officials to quarantine those who test positive and better trace their contacts.
“We’re urging everybody, even if you have the mildest symptoms, to please come forward in those areas and get tested,” state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said during a press briefing. “We’re urging anybody in those high-risk categories, anybody who specifically lives in those suburbs that were identified, if you have any symptoms, please come forward and get tested.”
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