More than 7000 Victorians will be fast tracked for elective surgery to pre-empt the expected peak of coronavirus as the number of cases in the state jumped by eight overnight
More than 7000 Victorians will be fast tracked for elective surgery to pre-empt the expected peak of coronavirus as the number of cases in the state jumped by eight overnight
15 March 2020
The cases, of six men and two women, aged from their teens to their 60s, were almost all returning travellers.
It takes the number of Victoria cases to 57.
It came as the state government announced a $100 million package to boost the health system's capacity to prepare for the pandemic's peak.
New hospital beds will be opened to manage coronavirus cases.
More than $60 million will be made available for public and private hospitals to do extra surgeries, such as thyroid, prostate, hernia or gynaecological surgeries, so they can be done before the predicted peak.
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