General
Victorians asked to persevere despite testing centre delays in bid to quell Melbourne coronavirus outbreak
Victorians are being encouraged to bring plenty of water and materials to keep themselves occupied when they attend testing sites that have been swamped by returned travellers from New South Wales.
Key points:
- Thousands of people who arrived in Victoria from New South Wales before the border shut are required to get tested immediately
- Health authorities are updating the latest information on testing sites at their website
- Many people have reported waiting for several hours in queues to be tested
Footage from some Melbourne drive-through testing site showed queues snaking back for hundreds of metres, while other people have reported being turned away from some sites already at capacity.
Testing sites at Golfers Drive in Chadstone, the…
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