‘Absolutely ridiculous’: experts condemn Victoria’s scaling back of Covid PCR testing

State government guidelines say targeted' testing approach is for clinically vulnerable people' and other at-risk groups

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Epidemiologists have questioned Victoria's scaling back of its PCR Covid testing regime amid soaring case numbers and hospitalisations, describing it asa backwards step".

Victoria has scaled back" its mass PCR Covid testing program since the start of July, according to the state's coronavirus website.