Victoria Premier Defends Contact Tracing System Despite Routine Delays

Victoria Premier Defends Contact Tracing System Despite Routine Delays
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews at the daily briefing in Melbourne, Australia on Aug. 12, 2020. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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MELBOURNE—Premier Daniel Andrews has defended the capability of his government’s contact tracing system amid claims of frequent mistakes and several reports of people having to wait long periods for their virus test results, at a press conference on Aug. 11.

The Victorian government’s contact tracing system has come under scrutiny with several reports of delayed results, including one report of a woman who is still waiting after 12 days for her family’s COVID-19 test results.