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01.01.2022 Briefed the media earlier today on a major expansion of our coronavirus testing program but I wanted to explain it to you directly. We've already tested more ...than 100,000 Victorians over the past three months. Now we want to double that number in just under two weeks. The rationale behind the blitz is this: As you know, testing for any sort of disease or virus can be tricky. By the time someone feels sick and gets tested, they've often passed it on to other people which then requires more tracing and testingand so on. And with a highly infectious disease like coronavirus, you're always on the back foot. We know that physical distancing has slowed the spread so instead of someone with coronavirus having close contact with 20 or 30 people, it might only be one or two. That matters a great deal and it's why we've seen a big drop in new cases. But we still don't know what we don't know including how many people with very mild symptoms have brushed this off as a cold. If we can build an accurate picture of how and where the virus has spread across the state, we'll have more evidence and more options when it comes to slowly lifting restrictions. And we need your help to do that. Over the next two weeks, we want to test as many people as we can. We'll be setting up drive-through clinics in shopping centre carparks. Bringing mobile screening clinics to people's workplaces and homes. I'll keep you posted as we roll these out but in the meantime, I want to thank each and every one of you. We have asked a lot of Victorians. We've asked you to stay home and save lives and you've all done such an incredibly good job. Now we need everyone to play their part again.