In the wee smalls of the morning in a quiet lab somewhere, the three-millionth Covid-19 nasopharyngeal swab was processed with little fanfare or fuss.
The Delta community outbreak has seen a massive surge in tests with a rolling seven day average of more than 27,500.
Lab scientists have been racing to process them and today they got a socially distanced back slap from the Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
Terry Taylor is President of the NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science. He talks to Lisa Owen.
