Drive-through swab service at Suva Civic Centre open till 3pm today

COVID-19 Health

Drive-through swab service at Suva Civic Centre open till 3pm today

By Shanil Singh

24/07/2021

A drive-through COVID-19 swab service is open at the Suva Civic Centre until 3pm today.

People over 40 years of age who may be experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms such as cough, runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing, fatigue/extreme tiredness, headache, aches and pains, sore throat, fever, diarrhea, red eyes (conjunctivitis), loss of taste or smell and a rash on the skin are advised to go to the drive-through swab service.

Drive through swabbing and onsite testing using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) at Civic Centre Suva set up today by @MOHFiji Suva EOC, IMT and Fiji CDC with assistance from WHO and AUS-NZMAT pic.twitter.com/YmC5StndLa
— Dr Aalisha Sahukhan (@AalishaSahukhan) July 24, 2021

The drive-through swab service will be a rapid diagnostic test with results available within 20 minutes.

The Ministry of Health says those who are symptomatic and return a negative rapid diagnostic test will undergo another confirmation test.

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