Victoria has recorded 1503 new Covid-19 cases as health officials urge Victorians to do one thing before leaving home to go to Christmas functions.
There are 394 people in Victorian hospital with the virus, 70 in intensive care and 41 on a ventilator.
It comes as health officials on Wednesday released advice on alternative ways Victorians could host Christmas in person to reduce the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Victorian chief health officer professor Brett Sutton is encouraging people who don’t have symptoms to take a rapid antigen test before leaving home to go to Christmas events. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel Pockett
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