Victorians will soon be able to buy rapid antigen tests from major supermarkets, as Melburnians are allowed to drive into the state’s regions for the first time in months. The state recorded another 1,355 locally acquired COVID-19 infections on Saturday, with 21,095 active cases across the state. Eleven Victorians, aged between 65 and 85, have died with the virus, bringing the toll from the latest outbreak to 293. COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar said 18 percent of the new infections were in children aged under 10, while two thirds of cases were aged under 40 and about one third under 20. “This continues to be cases predominantly in our unvaccinated communities and predominantly affecting younger Victorians,” he told reporters on Saturday. “So, please, particularly for those people in their 20s, go out and get vaccinated.” From Monday, Victorians will be able to purchase rapid antigen tests from supermarkets like Coles and Woolworths, to …
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