Covid clinic to meet demand

Margaret Maccoll

The Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) sprang into action on Tuesday, opening a Covid-19 testing facility at the Noosa Leisure Centre to expand testing in Noosa at the request of the State Government after Queensland Health requested anyone who has been in Victoria since 21 December be tested immediately.

QAS infection prevention officer Mel Rogers said 40 people, a mix of interstate visitors and locals, had been tested in the first hour of the clinic opening.

The temporary clinic will increase the testing capacity in Noosa and operate in addition to the Sunny Street clinic at The J Theatre carpark as well as Sullivan Nicolaides clinics at Tewantin and Noosaville providing testing without the need for a…