Victoria’s testing strategy failed, letting a small and known outbreak turn into a second wave, the new head of the state’s testing strategy has admitted. coronavirus
Victoria's health authorities were not running enough tests in May, letting a small and known outbreak turn into a second wave that forced the state back into lockdown, the new head of the state’s testing strategy has admitted.
Jeroen Weimar, Daniel Andrews' former transport boss, has been parachuted in to run Victoria's revamped contact tracing.While much of the blame for Victoria’s second wave has been slated to the hotel quarantine scandal, the state also was not testing enough to contain the virus, said Victoria’s new testing commander Jeroen Weimar.“Our level of testing at the time of seeding was far, far lower. That’s one of the lessons we have had to learn,” he told, but did not trigger a second wave.
Mr Weimar is aiming to do between 15,000 and 20,000 tests every day, all turned around within 24 hours, even when the state reopens. Major investments in testing labs will allow up to 35,000 tests to be turned around every day by early next year.
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