‘I feel abandoned’: Australians waiting hours to be tested and days for their Covid results blame governments

It feels like they're actively not wanting us to get tested,' says one frustrated resident, while another who queued for hours said: It's not like we couldn't logistically plan for this'

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When Sydney man Scott Sumner woke up in a full sweat" at midnight on Monday with aches and cold symptoms he thought to himself: This is not a good sign."

It was more bad news when the Petersham resident arrived at the Summer Hill testing clinic about 8.15am on Tuesday to find a queue of cars he guessed was 3km long.