With a spike in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 across parts of Melbourne worrying authorities, could we see a situation where people are forced to take coronavirus tests?
Widespread and extensive testing for COVID-19 has been a pillar of Australia's response to coronavirus, but not everyone, it seems, is on board.
But acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said he understood why some people would be uncomfortable with taking a test. In Victoria, where the current outbreak has taken hold, the Public Health and Wellbeing Act gives the state's Chief Health Officer the power to make someone take a test. Lawyer Bill O'Shea, who was formerly general counsel at Alfred Health, said there was precedent for community-health needs to override personal liberties.
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