The pop-up testing station at Princess Margaret Hospital. Photo / Logan Church
A pop-up testing station in Christchurch has been closed after opening for a day.
The temporary testing base was introduced yesterday at Princess Margaret Hospital when two health workers at the Sudima Christchurch Airport hotel caught the virus.
A CDHB spokesman said testing remains available at community clinics in Wainoni and near the airport.
No positive tests were found at the pop-up station.
Free Covid testing continues to be available at most general practices in Canterbury and at two Community Based Assessment Centres (CBACs):
• Orchard Road CBAC (near Airport), 174 Orchard Road, (Off Harewood Road). Open 9am-4pm, 7 days a week until further notice. (Walk-in/no referral required).
• Whānau Ora Community Clinic CBAC (Wainoni), 250 Pages Road, Wainoni. Open 9am-4pm, 7 days a week. (Walk-in/no referral required).
It was announced yesterday a second person who tested positive for Covid-19 in Christchurch visited the Chemist Warehouse at South City mall.
They visited the store between 3.45pm and 4pm last Friday.
Traces of mercury chloride have been detected in white powder sold as MDMA in the region.