COVID-19 Diaries: Detecting the Virus

An image of fluorescent particles under a powerful electro-microscope at Westmead Hospital’s pathology unit indicates the presence of COVID-19.

Since the start of the pandemic, over 830,000 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in NSW alone, currently averaging around 20,000 tests a day.

New outbreaks around the state and especially in Victoria where several hotspots around Melbourne have emerged, have raised concerns that the virus is still not yet contained in Australia.

Part of an ongoing series, ‘COVID-19 Diaries’.

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