Pop-up testing clinic opens in Darwin’s CBD

ANYONE with a fever or shortness of breath can now get tested for coronavirus in Darwin, with two Federal Government-funded pop-up clinics now up and running.

The administration office of the Danila Dilba Health Service, on the corner of Knuckey St and McMinn St in the CBD, was transformed into a respiratory clinic in a week.

The clinic has the ability to do up to 24 tests a day, with DDHS staff currently testing about 14 people a day.

It comes as the testing criteria for COVID-19 is expanded across the country.

Danila Dilba received $275,000 from the Commonwealth to run the clinic for three months.

The Federal Government is funding 100 GP respiratory clinics around the country to clinically assess people with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms including fever, cough, shortness of breath, a sore throat and/or tiredness.

The other clinic is located at the Palmerston GP Superclinic.