COVID infections likely to have been double the recorded figure.

COVID testing did not reveal the full extent of the spread of the viru

COVID testing did not reveal the full extent of the spread of the viru Source: AAP / JOEL CARRETT/AAPIMAGE

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A recent survey of blood donors found the real rate of infection to be much larger than records reveal.

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