Wrong COVID-19 test results given to hundreds in Sydney

The clinics run by SydPath include the Bondi Beach drive-through site.

The clinics run by SydPath include the Bondi Beach drive-through site. Source: AAP

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A Sydney hospital is contacting hundreds of patients, after wrongly telling them they had tested negative for COVID-19.

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