Victoria’s Health Boss Warns Bad News Will Continue

A sign reading 'Go straight home and Isolate' is seen at the exit of a drive through COVID-19 testing site at Highpoint shopping centre on July 4, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Victoria might have a couple of months of bad news ahead about death and hospitalisation numbers in the coronavirus outbreak, a top health official warns.

VicHealth chief executive Sandro Demaio says it takes time for measures such as the lockdown and compulsory masks to take effect.