Victoria tested 22K on Saturday (more than NSW did) but were essentially at capacity.
COVID-19 testing sites across Melbourne closed within an hour of opening yesterday, swamped by thousands of Victorians requiring tests after returning from NSW and further stressed by health staff taking holiday leave.
NSW just had lower demand on Saturday, not capacity issues. I think they did more than 60K in the days before Christmas.
DHHS performing an outstanding job at letting people know what is going on.
Victorian health authorities have been forced to amend a list of potential coronavirus exposure sites after incorrectly listing locations, including one hours away from where it originally said it was.
The Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday published an alert for the Wonga Estate winery in Strathbogie, in Victoria’s northeast.
Later that day, that alert was replaced with one for the same time period but for the Wyanga winery in Lakes Entrance, a five-hour drive on the other side of the Great Dividing Range.
Australian Venue Co chief executive Paul Waterson found out via the media on Saturday afternoon that his European Bier Cafe on Exhibition Street in Melbourne's CBD was an exposure site after a confirmed case visited last week.
"We saw it on The Age website. That was the first we heard about it," he said.