Remote Indigenous community of Wilcannia under severe strain as Covid spreads

Crowded housing and delayed test results are hindering efforts to contain virus in NSW township

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Covid is spreading rapidly in the majority Aboriginal town of Wilcannia in far western New South Wales, with at least 39 cases recorded in a week in a community of just 750 people.

Locals say the Delta outbreak could be worse than daily case numbers show amid long delays in test results and reports that swabs taken last week were not collected for processing over the weekend.