Samples Received

Total samples received August 2026

In the past month, we have received samples from the following laboratories (as of 1st of September 2026)

Country City Centre Number of samples
Australia Adelaide SA Pathology 39
* includes samples received through the Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network (ASPREN)
Australia Brisbane Princess Alexandra Hospital 4
Australia Canberra Canberra Hospital 77
Australia Darwin Royal Darwin Hospital 45
Australia Geelong Australian Clinical Labs 10
Australia Hobart Hobart Pathology 29
Australia Hobart Royal Hobart Hospital 72
Australia Melbourne Alfred Hospital 30
Australia Melbourne Austin Pathology 42
Australia Melbourne Monash Medical Centre 17
Australia Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital 29
Australia Melbourne Royal Melbourne Hospital 12
Australia Melbourne VIDRL 3
Australia Perth PathWest Laboratory Medicine (QEII 33
Australia Sydney The Children's Hospital at Westmead 95
Australia Sydney Westmead Hospital 31
New Zealand Wellington PHF Science 50
Maldives Maldives Republic of Maldives- Department of Laboratory Medicine 100
Nepal Kathmandu National Public Health Laboratory 20
Sri Lanka Colombo Medical Research Institute 84

Total samples received, 1 January - 31 August 2026

AUSTRALASIA

Australia

City Centre Number of samples
Adelaide SA Pathology 261
* includes samples received through the Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network (ASPREN)
Brisbane Queensland Children's Hospital 57
Brisbane Public and Environmental Health Reference Laboratories (PEHRL) 103
Brisbane Princess Alexandra Hospital 39
Cairns Pathology Queensland 48
Canberra Canberra Hospital 193
Darwin Royal Darwin Hospital 385
Geelong Australian Clinical Labs 52
Hobart Hobart Pathology 96
Hobart Royal Hobart Hospital 100
Melbourne Alfred Hospital 111
Melbourne Austin Pathology 66
Melbourne Monash Medical Centre 420
Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital 125
Melbourne Royal Melbourne Hospital 94
Melbourne VIDRL 7
Perth PathWest QEII Medical Centre 93
Sydney The Children's Hospital at Westmead 313
Sydney Westmead Hospital 117

New Zealand

City Centre Number of samples
Wellington PHF Science 50

SOUTH EAST ASIA

Country City Centre Number of samples
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan National Virology Reference Laboratory 124
Cambodia Phnom Penh Institut Pasteur du Cambodge 96
Indonesia Jakarta National Health Biology Laboratory 30
Singapore Singapore National Public Health Laboratory 162
Timor-Leste Dili Laboratório Nacional de Saúde 167

SOUTH ASIA

Country City Centre Number of samples
India Pune National Institute of Virology 10
Maldives Maldives Republic of Maldives- Department of Laboratory Medicine 100
Nepal Kathmandu National Public Health Laboratory 40
Sri Lanka Colombo Medical Research Institute 150

PACIFIC

Country City Centre Number of samples
Fiji Suva Fiji Centre for Disease Control 3
New Caledonia Noumea Centre hospitalier de Nouvelle Calédonie 100
Papua New Guinea Goroka Institute of Medical Research 80
Samoa Apia Tupua Tamases Meaole Hospital 10
Tonga Nukuʻalofa Laboratory Service Vaiola Hospital 5
Tuvalu Funafuti Princess Margaret Hospital 48
Vanuatu Port Vila Vila Central Hospital Laboratory Department 7

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