Senior health sources have told Sky News they are concerned about the Victorian Government’s handling of its testing and contact tracing methods. Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said while Premier Daniel Andrews has been “blaming families for outbreaks”, senior sources claim his own department has been slow to contain possible breakouts. Premier Andrews has confirmed a further 17 new cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed across the state in the past 24 hours.
“Here are five reasons put to me as to why this has hit Victoria harder than other states: slow off the mark on testing, lack of consistency in testing, clumsy contact tracing practices and lack of digital processes to get info out quickly in terms of positive test results.” “Victoria is said to have been slower off the mark with pop-up clinics and with contact tracing and testing around outbreaks.
aclennell And do these senior health sources have names?
aclennell Total lock for Victoria no travel stay home ..
aclennell Where the truth goes to die!.
aclennell FAKE NEWS
aclennell Sky should keep out of this health problem. Were ALL sick of being lectured by how to handle cv by NEWs. Go away and leave it to the Premier.
aclennell With the Murdoch media claiming its al the fault of protesters why do they bother?
aclennell Would you trust these leftist criminals?
aclennell The experts have spoken. Can’t argue against the science they always say.
aclennell I'm not surprised at all or with Victoria's second wave. I have been tweeting for months now about how incompetent DHHS are. They have not worked hard enough in being proactive at keeping on top of this contagion. Now they have called SA DHHS staff into help. Great job VIC GOV
aclennell For a virus with a 0.1% fatality every one seems to be getting their nickers in quite a knot. Settle down. There's always tomorrow. The end is NOT nigh.
aclennell So NSW health thinks Vic Health have stuffed up.
aclennell Dud Fed App
aclennell Diverting attention from his party scams ha
aclennell Senior health officials from where (State or Cth)? It easy to claim senior health officials are passing their views to Sky News but it means nothing unless such persons are the appropriate health experts constitutionally responsible for health decisions within State of Victoria.
aclennell Section 19 of the Australia Constitution states 'The Commonwealth shall protect every State against invasion'. If these cases are traced backed to people entering the country from overseas; this is a failure of the federal government.
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aclennell how many are using the covid app and is it being used to help
RT : Senior health sources have told Sky News they are concerned about the Victorian Government’s handling of its testing and contact tracing methods, amid a worrying surge of COVID-19 cases within the state aclennell
aclennell Doesn’t surprise me. Until late April, they were the second lowest state in terms of per capita tests in Aus.