How to find and book a COVID-19 test in Cairns

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Several local venues across Cairns, Parramatta Park and Manunda have been added to the list of exposure sites, with venues listed between Wednesday 28 July and Friday 6 August.  

These include:  

Cairns 24 Hour Medical Centre

QML Pathology - Cairns Day Surgery

Ramsay Pharmacy Cairns Medical Centre

Cafe China on Mulgrave Road

Woolworths Raintrees Shopping Centre

Raintrees Tavern

Brothers Leagues Club

Find full details on dates and times here.

Anyone who used Cairns Taxis between Wednesday 28 July and Thursday 5 August should also check the 'casual contacts' list.

More sites are likely to be added in the coming hours.

Residents are urged to regularly check the list and follow the relevant health directions.

'Close' and 'casual' contacts must isolate, get a COVID-19 test and fill out the contact tracing form. 

Anyone displaying any COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, should also get a test. 

Tropic Now's put together a list of places to get a COVID-19 test, as well as details on which ones are taking walk-ins and booking numbers for others.

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Sullivan Nicolaides - Smithfield 

5 Faculty Close, Campus Village Shopping Centre

Walk-in 7.30am – 4.30pm

Sullivan Nicolaides - Redlynch

12 Larsen Road, Redlynch Shopping Centre

Walk-in 6.30am – 5.30pm

QML Cairns CBD

Corner Florence Street & Grafton Street

Walk-in 6:30am – 6:30pm

Sullivan Nicolaides - Cairns CBD

3/195 Abbott Street 

Walk-in 8am – 4pm

QML Esplanade Pop-up

Opposite Cairns Hospital Fever Clinic 

Walk-in 8am – 4pm

QML Raintrees

Raintrees Shopping Centre

Walk-in 7:45am – 4pm

CHHHS Testing Van Raintrees

Raintrees Shopping Centre car park

Testing mainly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Walk-in 8:30am – 4pm  

Sullivan Nicolaides - Woree

6 Toogood Road

Testing children over five-years-old

Drive-through 8am – 4pm

QML Trinity Beach

1 Rabaul Street, Coastwatchers Shopping Centre

Walk-in 7:30am – 4:30pm

Cairns Hospital Testing Clinic 

Open 24 hours

Bookings preferred via 1800 861 863 or online, walk-ins available 

Portsmith Drive-through Clinic

43 Aumuller Street, Cairns 

Bookings needed via 1800 861 863 or online

Walk-ins available between 11pm – 6am

Wuchopperen Respiratory Clinic

6 Moignard Street, Manoora

Testing ONLY people with COVID-19 symptoms

Bookings needed via 4080 1068

Testing is also available at Yarrabah clinic, Atherton Hospital (drive-through), Innisfail (drive-through), and Mossman Hospital. Planning is underway for additional testing.

Find the full list of testing sites here.

* Tropic Now aims to continually update this story, along with all COVID-19-related coverage, with the latest information. Therefore this story may have been edited since its publication date and time.