Victorian COVID-19 infected teacher rejected for testing three times

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A school teacher who tested positive to coronavirus leading to the shutdown of Meadow Glen primary school in Epping says he was rejected for testing three times.


Keith Campbell believes he had the virus back in March but his attempts to get tested were repeatedly denied because he did not meet the box-ticking criteria.

"I wasn't severe enough to obviously warrant a test, basically that was it," he told Nine's Today program on Tuesday.

"I tried three times, twice through the hospital and then the (Department of Health and Human Services)."

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