Frustration in Canberra as some queue for more than six hours for Covid testing before being turned away

The ACT relies on just three testing centres, which have been quickly overwhelmed as the territory enters a five-day lockdown

Those already in the queue were assured they would be tested and not turned away. That was not the experience of many, including Canberran Tamara Zacharias, who drove to the testing site at Exhibition Park, in the industrial suburb of Mitchell, after experiencing symptoms.

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