Allan Eng and Linda Chea, brought their two young kids and queued for the Northcote testing centre on Auckland's North Shore at 8:30am. George Ngatai, at the Northcote testing centre tonight, said his staff were trying to get through as many people as possible. Aucklanders faced a frustrating wait at testing centres across the city today with a Northern Regional Health Coordination Centre spokesperson confirming all 11 community testing centres reported wait times. Testing across four community testing centres today run by Whānau Ora. The Northern Regional Health Coordination Centre spokesperson said, as at 4pm, more than 4400 people had been swabbed at community testing centres across Auckland.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 19, 2021 06:53 UTC