GPs brace for COVID-19 case surge as Melbourne exits lockdown | 7.30

As Victoria has hit the 70 per cent double vaccination rate, the people of Melbourne are now out of lockdown. But daily case numbers remain above 2000, and with forecasts that the number of hospital cases could rise, Victoria's health workers are facing the prospect of even greater demand on the public health system.

This report by Marty McCarthy and producer Kirsten Robb.

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