Police were called to resolve traffic issues and calm tensions after hundreds of vehicles queued for a Covid-19 test in South Dunedin.
Council staff were also sent to the scene.
Testing has ramped up in the city as community cases of the virus are reported.
A police spokeswoman said officers were called to a ‘‘Covid line related’’ incident at the Te Kaika drive-through testing station in Victoria Rd, St Kilda, about 2.45pm today.
A busy Te Kaika drive-through testing station in Victoria Rd today. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
Buses were having trouble getting past as ‘‘three hundred or so’’ vehicles were queued up.
The level of traffic had ‘‘raised a few ires,’’ she said.
Traffic had come to a standstill and was backed up along Victoria Rd to The Mill in Andersons Bay.
Long lines of cars queued in the heat at the St Kilda site. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
There were also long lines at the Dunedin Covid Community Testing Centre (the old Pizza Hut site) in Malcolm St near Otago University today.
