Emma Davidson, a Greens member of the ACT Legislative Assembly, has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Ms Davidson, who is a member for Murrumbidgee and the Minister for Disability, Justice Health and Mental Health, said on Friday afternoon she had tested positive for coronavirus.
"I feel fine with only mild symptoms and will continue isolating and working from home as I have done since last Saturday," Ms Davidson, who is fully vaccinated, said in a post on Twitter.
"Our amazing ACT health and pathology lab workers are doing the very best they can to test as many people as possible, but there's a limit to the resources we can access right now.
"Would help if Commonwealth would step up and help supply RATs for our disability workforce."
Ms Davidson, who is understood to be the first ACT parliamentarian to test positive for the virus, said her result on Friday came from a PCR test sample collected on Sunday.
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Testing clinics in the ACT have continued to come under heavy demand, a a shortage of reagent, used to process PCR tests, forced the closure this week of clinics in the ACT.
Canberrans are advised to only get tested if needed. This includes people with COVID-19 symptoms, or those who have been instructed by ACT Health to get a test.
The Nicholls, Kambah and Holt testing centres will remain closed for PCR tests until at least Monday due to "unavoidable supply issues", according to ACT Health.
The ACT reported 1125 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, as the territory's booster vaccination rate hit 28.1 per cent of the population aged 18 and up.
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Jasper Lindell
Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.
Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.
