Victorian Health Officer May Face Probe For Comparing Cook to CCP Virus

1st April 1770: A print from a painting showing Captain James Cook (1728 - 1779) taking possession of New South Wales, taken from the collection of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Victorian Deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van Diemen may face an investigation from Victoria’s Public Sector Commission for her controversial remarks on Twitter on April 29, in which she compared Captain Cook coming to Australia in 1770 to the CCP virus pandemic.