State and Territory leaders will be putting pressure on DanielAndrewsMP to do more to curb activity in COVID-19 hotspots in Melbourne amid concerns the outbreak could cause problems outside of Victoria. aclennell
State and Territory leaders will be putting pressure on Daniel Andrews to do more to curb activity in COVID-19 hotspots in Melbourne amid concerns the outbreak could cause problems outside of Victoria. Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said state and federal leaders will discuss the situation in Victoria at National Cabinet on Friday.
Dan Andrews has today announced a big testing blitz, including on asymptomatic people, in ten suburbs, saying he wants to avoid a lockdown,” Mr Clennell said. "But as one federal minister said to me today: 'Victoria has got a sneeze and Australia could catch the cold.
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