Victorian Nationals leader Peter Walsh believes the State Government should follow Australian Medical Association recommendations to test for COVID-19 at checkpoints on the fringe of lockdown areas in Melbourne and Mitchell Shire to give regional communities peace of mind.
Victoria Nationals leader Peter Walsh.
Nationals call for COVID-19 checkpoint testing
15 July 2020
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He said the move would be sensible and also help with contact tracing.
Mr Walsh said regional Victorians were demanding tougher measures to deter locked-down Melbourne residents from travelling to country areas.
"Reports that Melburnians have attempted to escape the city lockdown by travelling into regional Victoria or interstate show people aren’t taking this crisis seriously," he said.
