Regional COVID testing blitz

Marian Macdonald
Updated August 19 2020 - 2:29pm, first published August 14 2020 - 1:00pm
MYSTERY SPREAD: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a testing blitz for three regional cities but will be flexible regarding abattoirs.
MYSTERY SPREAD: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a testing blitz for three regional cities but will be flexible regarding abattoirs.

Premier Daniel Andrews this morning announced a COVID testing blitz in Geelong and surrounds, Ballarat and Bendigo as "mystery cases" spike in the three regional cities but said the "issue of the week" was border closures.

Marian Macdonald

Marian Macdonald

National rural property writer

Writing for farmers in the Stock & Land, The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock Journal and FarmWeekly, farming in Gippsland.

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