TESTING CRITERIA EXPANDED:

April 6, 2020

Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton today announced an extension of occupations whose employees are eligible for testing for COVID-19, if they begin to suffer symptoms of the virus.

The list of qualifying occupation, chosen given the higher risk of exposure in the community, is given below.

If someone in the following groups displays clinical symptoms, (fever or acute respiratory infection) they will now be tested for COVID-19

  • Childcare and early childhood education

  • Primary or secondary schools; and

  • Firefighters who are emergency medical responders

  • People aged 65 years and older

The full testing criteria are available at https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/about/news-and-events/healthalerts/2019-Coronavirus-disease--COVID-19

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