Symptoms may be as mild as a runny nose or a scratchy throat, but can include a fever of 37.5 degrees or higher, a cough, shortness of breath, loss of smell or taste, and less frequently fatigue, joint or muscle pain, diarrhoea, nausea or vomiting and loss of appetite.
A drive-through testing clinic, with no doctors referral required, is operating at the Inner West Council Works Depot at 7 Prospect Road in Summer Hill, from 8.30am to 4pm, seven days a week. The last patient will be triaged at 3.30pm to allow staff time to finish assessing patients.
It is essential people follow directions about home isolation and quarantine, and maintain Covid-safe practices of physical distancing of 1.5 metres, remember to cough or sneeze into their elbow, and regularly wash their hands.
