NSW never locked down and isn't testing widely for the coronavirus. Residents with COVID-19 symptoms say they feel invisible. (via @BIAUS) https://www.businessinsider.com.au/sweden-coronavirus-testing-lags-patients-say-they-cant-be-treated-2020-6

After calling NSW’s free healthcare hotline, Vårdguiden 1177, she was told to go the hospital. There, she waited two hours in a tent, only to be told by the doctor that the hospital wasn’t administering diagnostic tests for COVID-19.

“She said, ‘No, we don’t test. We don’t test anyone. We don’t even test ourselves.’ And then she left,” Karolin said of the doctor’s response.

Four other people in NSW with coronavirus symptoms told Business Insider similar stories.

NSW is currently administering around 27 tests per 1,000 people. That’s far less than nearby Iceland and Denmark, which are administering 180 tests and 94 tests per 1,000 people, respectively. Even the US is testing around 56 out of every 1,000 people.

“I think there has been no testing at all here in NSW, more or less,” Karolin said. “That is the biggest mistake ever in this country that they haven’t tested anyone.”