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He said it was unlikely the state would have below 10 cases per day by that time, but stressed the main criteria was driving down cases of community transmission with no known source. He said so-called "mystery cases" were declining significantly and could be in single-digits soon."If we know where every case in Victoria is today, we could end [the lockdown] in a week," he said, adding that case numbers were consistent with the government's modelling.
"These are low numbers. It can cause complacency for people who think 'I don't need to get tested' but testing is the pathway to driving numbers down," he said.in four-week blocks after a marathon sitting of Parliament that ended just before 2am on Wednesday.
"We have six more months of uncertainty. We just don't know when the Victorian government will use those powers or how they'll use them and that just means that business can't plan with any certainty," he told Nine’s"I heard from a member company this week who had been planning a $70 million investment in Victoria. They've now decided pretty much to pull that. They have told the Victorian government they will take it elsewhere.
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