Victoria has recorded a huge COVID-19 spike with cases back over 2000. 7NEWS
As of Wednesday night there were a total of 61 cases of Omicron in the state with 30 acquiring the variant overseas and 31 in Australia.
A “bureaucratic” requirement for Victorians to get tested to travel interstate has been blamed for the state system’s woes. COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar said testing sites were exceptionally busy, with wait times of an hour to 90 minutes on average.
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